High-performance computing has been used by experts to locate small genes that have been missed by scientists in their quest to define the microbial DNA sequences of life.
Using an ephemeral supercomputer made up of computers from across the world, the mpiBLAST computational tool used by the researchers took only 12 hours instead of the 90 years it would have required if the work were performed on a standard personal computer.
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Encyclopedia section of medindia gives general info about Genetic counseling
Encyclopedia section of medindia gives general info about Genetic counseling
The genes uncovered may have important functions in the cell, but those functions need to be established by further experiment.
"This is a perfect storm, where an overwhelming amount of data is analyzed by state-of-the-art computational approaches, yielding important new information about genes," Skip Garner, executive director of VBI and professor of biological sciences at Virginia Tech, said.
About Genetic Testing
Genetic testing helps to confirm a genetic condition in an individual and involves q complex laboratory techniques
Genetic testing helps to confirm a genetic condition in an individual and involves q complex laboratory techniques
The study has been reported in the journal BMC Bioinformatics.
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Overview about muscular dystrophy, a muscle disease characterized by muscle weakness and muscle wasting.
Overview about muscular dystrophy, a muscle disease characterized by muscle weakness and muscle wasting.
