How to sequence the human genome - Mark J. Kiel

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    Your genome, every human's genome, consists of a unique DNA sequence of A's, T's, C's and G's that tell your cells how to operate. Thanks to technological advances, scientists are now able to know the sequence of letters that makes up an individual genome relatively quickly and inexpensively. Mark J. Kiel takes an in-depth look at the science behind the sequence.
    Lesson by Mark J. Kiel, animation by Marc Christoforidis.

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  • @Woahr0
    @Woahr0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +184

    I have a lab about dna sequencing and this made me understand the concept 100x better thank you!

    • @wadudahmed9107
      @wadudahmed9107 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Oh come on mann u have a lab and learning from TH-cam.. 😂😂😂LOL

    • @PrinceKumar-zs8dh
      @PrinceKumar-zs8dh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I didn’t understand much… could please summarise here

    • @TheWiseMonkey8888
      @TheWiseMonkey8888 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PrinceKumar-zs8dh Max x100 full sequencing runs per week...

    • @xynyde0
      @xynyde0 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@wadudahmed9107 maybe they're not the scientist. Just the facilitator of lab and equipments

    • @nano7055
      @nano7055 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@wadudahmed9107 dude you are here too

  • @MayurPanghaal
    @MayurPanghaal 7 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    weve come a long way since then...and now we have our very own word processor for genes called CRISPR CAS9.

    • @nathanielcradle-yourrichfriend
      @nathanielcradle-yourrichfriend 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      BNGO is going to revolutionize this process folks $$$🤑

    • @neataccount
      @neataccount 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for this. I had no idea.

    • @haravardhan8078
      @haravardhan8078 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      We come a long way since then and achieved 100% genome sequencing in 2022

  • @frisianmouve
    @frisianmouve 4 ปีที่แล้ว +375

    2000: Finally we finished this multi-billion dollar international effort to map the human genome.
    2019: just spit here, I'll tell you every letter in your genome for a 1000 bucks

    • @AngerPacifist
      @AngerPacifist 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      $100 bucks next year: www.cnbc.com/2019/07/01/for-600-veritas-genetics-sequences-6point4-billion-letters-of-your-dna.html

    • @whatskickin5989
      @whatskickin5989 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hmm, if the car had of followed the same trend, then a Ferrari would cost less then 40pence(50 cents approx in the us)... and so... I’ve found a penny on the floor... I’m off to get a new Austin Martin, a penny a month with a 100z interest rate for each month, fine by me.

    • @bobleclair5665
      @bobleclair5665 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I wouldn’t give a gypsy lady a thousand bucks to tell me my future, why would I give someone a thousand bucks to tell me my past

    • @lungtoo1525
      @lungtoo1525 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It’s funny to think that humans were able to evolve so fast but devolved from karens

    • @user-xd4dv7ek7c
      @user-xd4dv7ek7c 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AngerPacifist nope

  • @flareforelements9278
    @flareforelements9278 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I promise you I will forget this tomorrow. I like learning about these things but I will have to watch it around 7 times before I can remember it. There's just so much information. Good job.

    • @boboAi9
      @boboAi9 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I will study bioformatics next year 🙂🙂

  • @aimanhulmani4105
    @aimanhulmani4105 8 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Out of all those videos i watched for " what is Genome" this was the best !!!

  • @akashverma5756
    @akashverma5756 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    More explained in 5 minutes than college explained in years.

    • @theskullkid421
      @theskullkid421 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      i guess you went to a lousy college then XD

  • @fatihab.107
    @fatihab.107 6 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I recently had a project about the history of genetics and the genome sequencing was the hardest part for me to understand
    so thank you for this videos ♡

  • @jasroop_sandhu
    @jasroop_sandhu 8 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    A lot to time taken and is explained to a very high standard.
    Well done!

  • @MarkArandjus
    @MarkArandjus 10 ปีที่แล้ว +202

    1. Modify a keyboard to only have A, C, T, and G letters
    2. Introduce a cat
    3. Sequence human genome
    There, saved you all a lot of trouble!

    • @SamundraDarion
      @SamundraDarion 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ^ this is such an AAAAGTCCCCTA thing to say ^
      And here in lies the problem with sequencing.

    • @jarahatkeify
      @jarahatkeify 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      hmm.........It's like a program.. ..like 0's and 1's.

    • @isa.sharif
      @isa.sharif 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Saloni Bhurke Exactly.

    • @greg77389
      @greg77389 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Saloni Bhurke
      *In Arnold Schwarzenegger voice*
      "Who is your programmer?... And what does he do?"

    • @Anonarchist
      @Anonarchist 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      it was the best of times, it was the blurst of times.

  • @frodobaggins6450
    @frodobaggins6450 8 ปีที่แล้ว +241

    Wow.. I think I just found out how the name for the movie "GATTACA" was found!

    • @omkarchavan5940
      @omkarchavan5940 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hence, That's where we are heading now...

    • @mentaleur
      @mentaleur 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah nice observation, that movie is great btw, but watching it made both motivated and insecure

    • @Sam34527282
      @Sam34527282 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      CTAATGT

    • @AlexeiMotoRin
      @AlexeiMotoRin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@omkarchavan5940 hope Neo will reload the Matrix :)

    • @martinwong8326
      @martinwong8326 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@omkarchavan5940 GATTACA portrayed a technology that can predict specific personalities and everything phenotypical (body characteristics that are observable) which was a predominant theory in the 20th century, known as biological determinism. However, as science advanced, the theory had became outmoded and invalid, primarily due to the current acceptable scientific view of the world which is stochastic. Moreover, we had found that protein-coding genes are at times, multifactorial and require the environment and social interactions to shape its function, which directly contradicted the ideologies put forth by GATTACA.

  • @francescoesco123
    @francescoesco123 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This deserves more visual!

  • @kislayapancholi6634
    @kislayapancholi6634 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    VERY GOOD LECTURE ON BASIC OF HUMAN GENOME CONCEPT.

  • @djalitanaful
    @djalitanaful 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this was really sweet animation. well done and thank you

  • @starwinlegaste9327
    @starwinlegaste9327 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    this very helpful thank you TED-ED i really need this for my Research and Science Subject

  • @rajeevt7529
    @rajeevt7529 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    this is an amazing information about the human body and very interesting to watch the video of the human genome project.

  • @ayushanand18
    @ayushanand18 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video absolutely! Helped me prep before my classes.

  • @joncarmel1210
    @joncarmel1210 ปีที่แล้ว

    OUTSTANDING as always. Thanks TED

  • @TH__TranPhuongQuynh
    @TH__TranPhuongQuynh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing information ! Thank you so much for the video ❤️

  • @dianalr13
    @dianalr13 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is seriously amazing! 😍

  • @ceasarandrepont5331
    @ceasarandrepont5331 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is imformative, and helpful to understand our human markup.

  • @aang7505
    @aang7505 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Phenomenal explanation!!!!

  • @fernandoavalos5528
    @fernandoavalos5528 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Really interesting stuff. It's cool to see how niche scientific technology is powered - ultimately - by creative applications of nature's first principles.

  • @okliam
    @okliam 10 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    PCR explained without using much of the needed vocabulary and concepts. The video still got to many of the big points, but there was still much left out. Yet, I'll give this video credit as it did a good job in the 5 min it had to explain this.

    • @AnimMouse
      @AnimMouse 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This comment aged so well, PCR is extremely important right now.

    • @okliam
      @okliam 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@AnimMouse literally how we were able to make a covid vaccine as quickly as we did :)

    • @ooghaboogha4362
      @ooghaboogha4362 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@okliam i like how you replied

    • @kevinnathaniel9231
      @kevinnathaniel9231 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@okliam 8 years man..

  • @roshan.roshan55
    @roshan.roshan55 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The animation is just amazing

  • @josieshunk2511
    @josieshunk2511 8 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    organ working together makes a organ system

    • @johnbagyan3244
      @johnbagyan3244 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      MAYBE SHE FORGOT HER ANATOMY

    • @josieshunk2511
      @josieshunk2511 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      maybe

    • @johnbagyan3244
      @johnbagyan3244 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      It really is a very tough subject, i nearly flunk on it.

    • @josieshunk2511
      @josieshunk2511 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I like the Subject

    • @johnbagyan3244
      @johnbagyan3244 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good for u girl. hope that someday you 'll become a doctor.

  • @ChanJiayi
    @ChanJiayi 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    hope that there are more info on application of molecular biology can be made into animation like this for better understanding

  • @thekeralian4582
    @thekeralian4582 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    This means , we literally found ourselves .

  • @banushabanu8278
    @banushabanu8278 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you so much. Really helpful

  • @anushabs6599
    @anushabs6599 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent n crisp video. Thank u

  • @okayocharles
    @okayocharles 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Well explained. Thank you!

  • @Shine___10101
    @Shine___10101 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This video helped me understand how DNA sequencing works and what is its purpose

  • @TomohisaMaruyama
    @TomohisaMaruyama 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is good for education. Thanks!

  • @randomnpc9632
    @randomnpc9632 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    nice and creative way to teach!

  • @saraland35
    @saraland35 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    These amazing 👏
    Very nice and useful information 💁‍♀️
    Thanks 😊

  • @goahead3654
    @goahead3654 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Awesome...that's so cool....Love it....thank you!!!

  • @hellokitty_56kitty75
    @hellokitty_56kitty75 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow! Thanks for all the helpful information!! ❤😎

  • @trinityytinirt4604
    @trinityytinirt4604 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    thank you, very helpful...

  • @ShinYoungNoh
    @ShinYoungNoh 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is fantastic.

  • @resabanerjee761
    @resabanerjee761 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wow it explained so nicely .Thanx...,

  • @VijaySingh-tg1be
    @VijaySingh-tg1be 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow....so well explained

  • @sophievh5113
    @sophievh5113 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was really good.

  • @user-mp4nk8lb3x
    @user-mp4nk8lb3x 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Вроде просто, но в то же время сложно🤔. Объяснение супер👍

  • @Gamze6709
    @Gamze6709 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Projem için birçok şeyden daha çok yardımcı oldu çok sağ olun

  • @shamaparveentaj3261
    @shamaparveentaj3261 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very nice lecture 👌🙏

  • @vishakadurgam439
    @vishakadurgam439 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing explanation mam

  • @user-hw8cb3ns1y
    @user-hw8cb3ns1y ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing video, thank you!

  • @FlyinJMan
    @FlyinJMan 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So much to learn...so few years to learn it all.

  • @modernsportslab
    @modernsportslab 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a great vedio to express knowledge! 🙌🏻♥️

  • @sm25265
    @sm25265 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    very interesting, thank you

  • @dagmaragadomska1296
    @dagmaragadomska1296 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome! Thank you!

  • @fightclubfrenzy
    @fightclubfrenzy 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    really good video...thank u

  • @LOUAYLABBAN
    @LOUAYLABBAN 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Simple but rich in information. Good job

  • @BigEvan96
    @BigEvan96 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    very cool.

  • @dracuito
    @dracuito 7 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    So we are technically computer programs?

    • @elshowdeantony
      @elshowdeantony 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      no, we do not function from binary structure- and we are made up of different parts. Our brains do not function the same way, nor do our cells. If you consider a computer program as anything with information, then yes- but thats like thinking anything with wings is a bird. Humans do not work like computer programs, and even neural nets cannot function with the same braod complexity that we do.

    • @Cpt_John_Price
      @Cpt_John_Price 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Antony Arango
      DO NOT OVERTHINK IT.......YES WE ARE TECHNICALLY COMPUTER PROGRAMS (more like a collection of it), IT IS THE SAME IN THE SENSE THAT A STRING OF LETTERS WILL BE (in essence) CONVERTED INTO SOMETHING USEFUL.
      ANY MANIPULATON OF THE GENES WILL CHANGE THE PROTEINS THAT MAKE UP YOUR CELLS (just like any manipulation of the code will change a program). A DNA CAN ALSO BE CORRUPTED MUCH LIKE IN A COMPUTER.

    • @sunnycheba
      @sunnycheba 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Price
      Where are the behavior markings in DNA?

    • @elvispresley5766
      @elvispresley5766 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      its not coding language
      its adenine guanine thymine cytosine

    • @martinwong8326
      @martinwong8326 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Cpt_John_Price If we were computer programs, as put forth by you, then it is reasonable to assume that increasing organismic complexity positively correlates with complexity of the genome (total DNA information), right?
      Now tell me why single celled microscopic Amoeba have 223x more DNA than we do?

  • @mrbanik
    @mrbanik 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We need a new updated video on this. It's been 6yrs

  • @Apnakerala
    @Apnakerala 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for good explain

  • @chloexo4008
    @chloexo4008 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was diagnosed with hereditary polycystic kidney disease when I was around nine, before that my Grandad and my Mam got diagnosed with it. My Grandad having to go on dialysis due to being diagnosed too late, and sadly passed away in January this year after 20 years on dialysis. I’m now 22 and kidney function is normal considering the circumstances but they’ve told me they’ll be doing this with my DNA.

  • @ltericdavis2237
    @ltericdavis2237 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So that's how we do it. Color-coding. Science, you amaze me yet again.

  • @prettysmile6869
    @prettysmile6869 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wonder 8 years later since posting this video. How far this technology has evolved. This is my first explorer video about genomes. 🇳🇱❤️🇺🇦

  • @Cloud-on9zy
    @Cloud-on9zy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much!!!!

  • @Polymathqueen
    @Polymathqueen 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love ted ed

  • @DavidsKanal
    @DavidsKanal 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This looks like there's gonna be a part 2

  • @jakkritpongphadung6857
    @jakkritpongphadung6857 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    ขอบคุณมากๆครับ
    สำหรับการบรรยาย ไทย

  • @corvussmile
    @corvussmile 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Hey! Just awesome videos!! I have seen only 2 of this channel & becoming a fan.. :)
    Do you have any plan to translate your videos?
    If you give permission I want to translate these in my mother languages to make it more clear to the others in my region.
    waiting for your answers & truly you are doing a great job!!! carry on...

  • @jessicarobinson1608
    @jessicarobinson1608 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Imagine being able to change the sequence and turn people into superheros

  • @gandor8714
    @gandor8714 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This video is already 3 years old..
    My last birthday gifts:
    2 Tea cups.
    1 Deodorant.
    1 Picture frame.
    10 Euros.
    1 burned dvd with downloaded movies.
    0 GENOME SEQUENCERS

  • @purnoorbrar5854
    @purnoorbrar5854 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    amazing

  • @junxu973
    @junxu973 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Should have mentioned how the short reads are merged together to become a whole genome…

  • @maxfootball9164
    @maxfootball9164 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for information

  • @aminakaja6465
    @aminakaja6465 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    To the people saying it's too simple, chill tf out, honestly, Ted-Ed wants to teach us something simple, not go to the depths of genetics. Us mere mortals require simplified versions of things like these so if you don't like it, leave. You don't have to sh?t on a great video that probably took ages to make.

  • @asmaakterbhuiyan_shanu3951
    @asmaakterbhuiyan_shanu3951 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just wow !!

  • @TheyCallMeNewb
    @TheyCallMeNewb 10 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I'm more than a little taken back. How can it be, that colour can be administered through an enzyme into the genome and photographed. Additionally, does this methodology for reading genome not assume that a base constituent can not bond with itself; Adenine and adenine for example?

    • @kanizbristy5425
      @kanizbristy5425 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Well, there are chemical reactions that produces colored compounds. That's what those enzymes do, they catalyze a reaction (e.g. break something down) to produce some colorful chemicals. That's the color part.
      And no, A and A or any of the other combinations usually don’t bond together because of their unique chemical properties. But yes, sometimes mistakes do happen. For that, a single sequence (the small parts mentioned here) is read more than a hundred times to ensure that those "by chance" interactions don't affect the final result.

  • @02111986vineelreddy
    @02111986vineelreddy 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    fantastic

  • @SierraHotelBandit
    @SierraHotelBandit 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    fascinating

  • @abooswalehmosafeer173
    @abooswalehmosafeer173 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was good for me.ATCG.
    With 24 English letters a countless literature is born.It seems with those 4 letters(symbols I suppose) countless shapes and forms of human beings are engineered.That if I have understood correctly.
    Same with music, Fa So La Si Re innumerable notes of tunes are produced.
    It sounds like everything starts with Basics.
    118 Elements in multiple combinations give something like Nature.I hope I have understood rightly.Its all so amazing.Thanks.I like the French subtitle as well.

  • @PhillipMorrisSparcheif117
    @PhillipMorrisSparcheif117 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The words were posted at least twice in the video. Re-watch it buddy and you will see.

  • @vanhuongpham3289
    @vanhuongpham3289 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great !!!

  • @nivethaselvam9318
    @nivethaselvam9318 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The things ,a human mind is capable of! Wow!

  • @gigin6534
    @gigin6534 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is how we do PCR COVID tests, folks. The generic material was sequenced, and now we can identify if you have COVID by looking for it's genetic signature in your samples.

  • @partypao
    @partypao 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Would you know where in the dna these 'special colored letters' combine with if there where multiple complimentary letters? How is the order sequenced?

  • @ysabellawilliams7781
    @ysabellawilliams7781 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you

  • @rafftar1599
    @rafftar1599 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Valuable , video , 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

  • @bleet9540
    @bleet9540 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Iv been to the human genome project building outside of cambridge (the sangar institute) and inside they had books containing all of the letters on display, each book was as big as a guinnes world record book and as thick as a bible, each page had 10s of thousands of letters on and the rack of books spread across the entire room.

  • @Missnaughty011
    @Missnaughty011 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If there is one thing that I can identify in the sequences of bases, it would be the introns

  • @kventinho
    @kventinho 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is actually called next generation whole genome shotgun sequencing.

  • @dr.shahedjaberthenerd8544
    @dr.shahedjaberthenerd8544 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I loved her way of speaking, she is super great. And the inclusion is really fascinating and interesting for many of us 🙃🇵🇸💜

  • @wedadalbalawi9312
    @wedadalbalawi9312 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love it

  • @wilsonporteus5943
    @wilsonporteus5943 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks man

  • @KatherinePierce_81
    @KatherinePierce_81 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    How do we know whether they are in the correct order or not?

    • @kanizbristy5425
      @kanizbristy5425 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well, the binding of one nucleotide (the A,T,C and G) can only occur to a single strand after the previous one is added. Also, the pairs are constant. so where there is a T, nothing other than an A can bind. Very low chance of mistake.
      But of course, mistakes can and do happen. That's why a single sequence (the small parts mentioned in the video) is read more than a hundred times. So that those accidental mistakes don't affect the final result.

  • @FarmanF.O
    @FarmanF.O 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Everyone now can know after watching this video how to sequence their genome.

  • @ajayvv4383
    @ajayvv4383 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome.....

  • @mysunettingpoem1244
    @mysunettingpoem1244 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi from 2018, people get to know their ancestry with genome tests, they only cost 90$ per kit so

  • @ninagilshteyn5591
    @ninagilshteyn5591 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is not map based sequencing. This is the sangar method.

  • @sunnycheba
    @sunnycheba 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Please tell me where the behavior switches are in the human genome? All i see are switches for physical attributes.

  • @patyrg3701
    @patyrg3701 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What's the name of the sequencing method represented in the video?

  • @vanillapie8321
    @vanillapie8321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    23 and me cost higher than a "nice birthday present"

  • @visalanigovindasamy1091
    @visalanigovindasamy1091 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    good

  • @soundcoremusicmix
    @soundcoremusicmix ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome 😎

  • @brian78045
    @brian78045 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    At 3:43 minutes we read, "The sequences of each of these millions of pieces of DNA are stitched together using computer programs to create a complete sequence of the entire genome."
    There’s no way to “stitch” the millions of pieces of DNA together without a template to compare to, the template consisting of forty-six complete genome strand templates taken from the twenty-three paired chromosomes. Otherwise, the permutation possibilities are astronomical for creating a complete genome out of millions of pieces of DNA.

    • @josephwalewski2028
      @josephwalewski2028 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I saw your comment and thought I could contribute something because I actually conduct research on "genome assembly" - the process of taking those fragments and interpreting the sequence of characters that correctly describe the genome.
      Your initial concern that a simple computer algorithm determined to check every DNA "read" (piece) would have a exponential runtime (or worse) is correct. Luckily, though, more efficient algorithms exist.
      The rest of this explanation requires understanding the concept of graph theory, so here's a link if you don't know what that is: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph_theory
      Modern genome assembly works like this: create an edge in the graph so and label it with a read. This is called a "k-mer." Then take n (the number can vary) nucleotides off the end of the read and create a node. Call this the k-n-mer (k minus n mer). Then, if two reads have the same k-n-mer, it is possible to join the edges with a node! It's now possible to build a graph representing the genome in O(R) [linear] time, where R is the number of reads. To reconstruct the genome it's simply possible to traverse the graph and concatonate all k-mers together. Since, in real life, this graph can have multiple sections, cycles, and contamination it's never perfect (and still requires heuristics), but the use of deBruijn graphs makes this all way more possible than one would initially think!

    • @ridax4416
      @ridax4416 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@josephwalewski2028 thank you for your explanation... may i know what you do and what did you study? I am also interested in this 😊

  • @natalian1466
    @natalian1466 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    THANKS 🙏 😍😍