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Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

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International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Center for Genome Research:, Lander, Eric S., Linton, Lauren M., Birren, Bruce, Nusbaum, Chad, Zody, Michael C., Baldwin, Jennifer +266 more·2001·Nature

Abstract

The human genome holds an extraordinary trove of information about human development, physiology, medicine and evolution. Here we report the results of an international collaboration to produce and make freely available a draft sequence of the human genome. We also present an initial analysis of the data, describing some of the insights that can be gleaned from the sequence.

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  • Together, LINEs and SINEs account for 40-50% of human DNA.

    “Together, LINEs and SINEs account for 40–50% of human DNA (85).”

    From The Discovery of Reverse Transcriptase (2016) · cites this paper as [85]

    In “Transposon-derived repeats” (page not provided), the paper reports that SINEs comprise 13% and LINEs 20% of the sequence—a combined 33%, not 40–50%. Its approximately 45% figure refers to all recognized transposable-element classes, including LTR retrotransposons and DNA transposons. (LLM, conf=0.91)

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  • Approximately 8% of the human genome is made up of endogenous retroviral DNA, more than the DNA that encodes proteins.

    “For instance, ∼8% of the human genome is made up of endogenous retroviral DNA—more than the DNA that encodes proteins (85).”

    From The Discovery of Reverse Transcriptase (2016) · cites this paper as [85]

    In “Transposon-derived repeats” (page unavailable), the paper estimates that LTR retroposon copies comprise 8% of the genome and discusses endogenous retroviruses within that category. It does not explicitly assign the entire 8% to endogenous retroviral DNA. “Protein-coding genes” (page unavailable) estimates that coding sequence comprises about 1.5%, supporting the comparison. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • Retrotransposons comprise at least 60% of the human genome.

    “For example, retrotransposons comprise at least 60% of the human genome [3] and results presented here and elsewhere [34] suggest that the number of endogenous retroviruses in chimpanzees may be higher than in humans.”

    From Identification, characterization and comparative genomics of chimpanzee endogenous retroviruses (2006) · cites this paper as [3]

    In “Transposon-derived repeats” (page unavailable), the paper reports that recognized SINEs, LINEs, and LTR retroposons occupy 13%, 20%, and 8% of the draft genome sequence, respectively. It says additional ancient transposon-derived sequence may be unrecognized, but does not establish that retrotransposons comprise at least 60% of the human genome. (LLM, conf=0.89)

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  • The human reference genome has formed the backbone of human genomics since its initial draft release more than 20 years ago.

    “The human reference genome has formed the backbone of human genomics since its initial draft release more than 20 years ago2.”

    From A draft human pangenome reference. (2023) · cites this paper as [2]

    The Abstract reports the initial, freely available draft human genome sequence, and the Background to the Human Genome Project says it would let researchers begin extracting information from the genome (page numbers unavailable in our copy). The 2001 paper cannot establish the retrospective claim that the reference genome remained the backbone of human genomics for more than 20 years. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • The human genome includes genes for 57 cytochrome P450 enzymes.

    “The human genome includes genes for 57 cytochrome P450 enzymes (47,48).”

    From The Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, and Physiology of Human Steroidogenesis and Its Disorders (2011) · cites this paper as [48]

    The Comparative proteome analysis identifies cytochrome P450 enzymes as a protein family in the human-genome analysis. The passages found do not give a count of 57 genes, so the numerical part of the claim is unsupported by our copy. (LLM, conf=0.79)

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International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, C. F. G. R., Lander, E. S., Linton, L. M., Birren, B., Nusbaum, C., Zody, M. C., Baldwin, J., Devon, K., Dewar, K., Doyle, M., FitzHugh, W., Funke, R., Gage, D., Harris, K., Heaford, A., Howland, J., Kann, L., Lehoczky, J., LeVine, R., McEwan, P., McKernan, K., Meldrim, J., Mesirov, J. P., Miranda, C., Morris, W., Naylor, J., Raymond, C., Rosetti, M., Santos, R., Sheridan, A., Sougnez, C., Stange-Thomann, N., Stojanovic, N., Subramanian, A., Wyman, D., The Sanger Centre:, Rogers, J., Sulston, J., Ainscough, R., Beck, S., Bentley, D., Burton, J., Clee, C., Carter, N., Coulson, A., Deadman, R., Deloukas, P., Dunham, A., Dunham, I., Durbin, R., French, L., Grafham, D., Gregory, S., Hubbard, T., Humphray, S., Hunt, A., Jones, M., Lloyd, C., McMurray, A., Matthews, L., Mercer, S., Milne, S., Mullikin, J. C., Mungall, A., Plumb, R., Ross, M., Shownkeen, R., Sims, S., Washington University Genome Sequencing Center, Waterston, R. H., Wilson, R. K., Hillier, L. W., McPherson, J. D., Marra, M. A., Mardis, E. R., Fulton, L. A., Chinwalla, A. T., Pepin, K. H., Gish, W. R., Chissoe, S. L., Wendl, M. C., Delehaunty, K. D., Miner, T. L., Delehaunty, A., Kramer, J. B., Cook, L. L., Fulton, R. S., Johnson, D. L., Minx, P. J., Clifton, S. W., US DOE Joint Genome Institute:, Hawkins, T., Branscomb, E., Predki, P., Richardson, P., Wenning, S., Slezak, T., Doggett, N., Cheng, J.-F., Olsen, A., Lucas, S., Elkin, C., Uberbacher, E., Frazier, M., Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center:, Gibbs, R. A., Muzny, D. M., Scherer, S. E., Bouck, J. B., Sodergren, E. J., Worley, K. C., Rives, C. M., Gorrell, J. H., Metzker, M. L., Naylor, S. L., Kucherlapati, R. S., Nelson, D. L., Weinstock, G. M., RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center:, Sakaki, Y., Fujiyama, A., Hattori, M., Yada, T., Toyoda, A., Itoh, T., Kawagoe, C., Watanabe, H., Totoki, Y., Taylor, T., UMR-8030:, G. A. C., Weissenbach, J., Heilig, R., Saurin, W., Artiguenave, F., Brottier, P., Bruls, T., Pelletier, E., Robert, C., Wincker, P., Department of Genome Analysis, I. O. M. B., Rosenthal, A., Platzer, M., Nyakatura, G., Taudien, S., Rump, A., GTC Sequencing Center:, Smith, D. R., Doucette-Stamm, L., Rubenfield, M., Weinstock, K., Lee, H. M., Dubois, J., Beijing Genomics Institute/Human Genome Center:, Yang, H., Yu, J., Wang, J., Huang, G., Gu, J., Multimegabase Sequencing Center, T. I. F. S. B., Hood, L., Rowen, L., Madan, A., Qin, S., Stanford Genome Technology Center:, Davis, R. W., Federspiel, N. A., Abola, A. P., Proctor, M. J., University of Oklahoma's Advanced Center for Genome Technology:, Roe, B. A., Chen, F., Pan, H., Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics:, Ramser, J., Lehrach, H., Reinhardt, R., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, L. A. H. G. C., McCombie, W. R., de la Bastide, M., Dedhia, N., GBF—German Research Centre for Biotechnology:, Blöcker, H., Hornischer, K., Nordsiek, G., *Genome Analysis Group (listed in alphabetical order, A. I. I. L. U. O. H., Agarwala, R., Aravind, L., Bailey, J. A., Bateman, A., Batzoglou, S., Birney, E., Bork, P., Brown, D. G., Burge, C. B., Cerutti, L., Chen, H.-C., Church, D., Clamp, M., Copley, R. R., Doerks, T., Eddy, S. R., Eichler, E. E., Furey, T. S., Galagan, J., Gilbert, J. G. R., Harmon, C., Hayashizaki, Y., Haussler, D., Hermjakob, H., Hokamp, K., Jang, W., Johnson, L. S., Jones, T. A., Kasif, S., Kaspryzk, A., Kennedy, S., Kent, W. J., Kitts, P., Koonin, E. V., Korf, I., Kulp, D., Lancet, D., Lowe, T. M., McLysaght, A., Mikkelsen, T., Moran, J. V., Mulder, N., Pollara, V. J., Ponting, C. P., Schuler, G., Schultz, J., Slater, G., Smit, A. F. A., Stupka, E., Szustakowki, J., Thierry-Mieg, D., Thierry-Mieg, J., Wagner, L., Wallis, J., Wheeler, R., Williams, A., Wolf, Y. I., Wolfe, K. H., Yang, S.-P., Yeh, R.-F., Scientific management: National Human Genome Research Institute, U. N. I. O. H., Collins, F., Guyer, M. S., Peterson, J., Felsenfeld, A., Wetterstrand, K. A., Stanford Human Genome Center:, Myers, R. M., Schmutz, J., Dickson, M., Grimwood, J., Cox, D. R., University of Washington Genome Center:, Olson, M. V., Kaul, R., Raymond, C., Department of Molecular Biology, K. U. S. O. M., Shimizu, N., Kawasaki, K., Minoshima, S., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas:, Evans, G. A., Athanasiou, M., Schultz, R., Office of Science, U. D. O. E., Patrinos, A., The Wellcome Trust:, & Morgan, M. J.
Affiliations
  • Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (US)
  • University of Washington (US)
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute (GB)
  • Washington University in St. Louis (US)
  • Joint Genome Institute (US)
  • Baylor College of Medicine (US)
  • The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center (US)
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine (US)
  • RIKEN (JP)
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
  • Institute for Systems Biology (US)
  • Stanford University (US)
  • University of Oklahoma (US)
  • Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics (DE)
  • Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (US)
  • Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (DE)
  • National Institutes of Health (US)
  • University Hospitals of Cleveland (US)
  • European Bioinformatics Institute (GB)
  • Max Delbrück Center (DE)
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
  • University of California, Santa Cruz (US)
  • Stanford Medicine (US)
  • Trinity College Dublin (IE)
  • University of Michigan (US)
  • University of Oxford (GB)
  • Keio University (JP)
  • Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (FR)
  • United States Department of Energy (US)
  • The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
  • Wellcome Trust (GB)
Corresponding author
  • Lander, Eric S.
  • Sulston, John
  • Waterston, Robert H.
  • Collins, Francis
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Venue
Nature
Published
2001-02-01
Volume
409
Issue
6822
Pages
860-921
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W2168909179
Cited by
24,216
References
458
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FWCI
569.69
Type
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Language
en
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Locations
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Funders
  • National Science Foundation
  • U.S. Department of Energy
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation
  • Wellcome Trust
  • European Commission
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
  • Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China
  • Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • National Yang-Ming University
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Medical Research Council
  • Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo
  • National Human Genome Research Institute
  • Biological and Environmental Research
  • Institute of Genetics
  • Office of Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
Keywords
human genome, genome sequencing, draft genome sequence, genome annotation, human evolution, human development, human physiology, human medicine
MeSH terms
Animals, Chromosome Mapping, DNA Transposable Elements, Drug Industry, Forecasting, Genes, Genetics, Medical, Humans, Mutation, Proteins, Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid, RNA, Species Specificity, Genome, Human, Human Genome Project, Databases, Factual, Conserved Sequence, Private Sector, Public Sector, Sequence Analysis, DNA, CpG Islands, Evolution, Molecular, Gene Duplication, Proteome, GC Rich Sequence, Genetic Diseases, Inborn

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