Genomic Benchmarking

Human Genome in 3-D
In the beginning, there were the government supported Human Genome Mapping Project, and the privately funded one of Celera Corporation. They both identified the human genome in 2003, sort of. Actually, it was just the beginning, and other whole genome and exome sequences have come into the mix, some with incorrect mapping and unmapped regions. To create a standard data set, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Harvard University, and the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech have collaborated to create a human genomic benchmark that has the most accurate and up to date data base along with reference materials. The information set derived from 11 whole genomes and 3 exomes as five different sequencing platforms determined them. MORE
Image Credit: Job Dekker, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester