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Craig Venter had his genome sequenced in 2007. It was the first individual human genome that was sequenced and released publicly. The human reference genome is
by jltsiren 6mo ago
Craig Venter had his genome sequenced in 2007. It was the first individual human genome that was sequenced and released publicly.
The human reference genome is ~70% from a man with African and European ancestry who lived somewhere around Buffalo, NY. Most of the rest is from ~20 other individuals in the same area. They were supposed to sequence the samples more evenly, but apparently there were some technical reasons that made them prioritize a single sample.
- tootie 6mo agoI worked on this back in the 90s and there multiple data sets being used. We had one that was Mennonite family with like 5 living generations and 100ish individuals.
- eweitz 6mo ago"RP11" is that man from Buffalo who comprises 74% of the human reference genome [1]. [1] https://undark.org/2024/07/09/informed-consent-human-genome-project/ https://undark.org/2024/07/09/informed-consent-human-genome-...
- dekhn 6mo agoThe majority of the genomic sequencing done by Celera for their initial released draft genome was on Venter's sample.