Wednesday, December 17, 2008

DID YOU KNOW?

The genetic code in your DNA breaks down into just four basic building blocks or nucleotides represented by letters: A/adenine, T/thymine, G/guanine, C/cytosine

More than 99% of human DNA sequences are the same across human populations. The main differences occur when a single nucleotide (A,T,C,or G) in the genome sequence is altered.
These single letter changes are called single nucleotide polymorphisms or SNPs (pronounced "snips"). For example a SNP might change the DNA sequence from AAGGCTAA to ATGGCTAA.
SNP’s represent about 90% of human genetic.

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