Jun 3, 2009 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology
Latest-generation DNA sequencing technology helped scientists achieve this feat This spring, a particularly interesting milestone on the road to genetic medicine was achieved. The genome of Neanderthal man has been sequenced at the 1X level. It is a remarkable accomplishment by scientists from both the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, and 454 Life Sciences Inc. , a division of Roche Holdings. The final Neanderthal draft sequence is made up of three...
