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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

LAB TO LIBRARY | ‘GENOME’ Decodes Life’s Basis for Every Reader

LAB TO LIBRARY | ‘GENOME’ Decodes Life’s Basis for Every Reader

By Naomi Greenberg September 21, 2023

A common analogy in biology compares the genome to a book, where chromosomes are chapters and genes are sentences. Unfortunately, that’s where the analogy ends; one cannot actually “read” the human...

DESHPANDE: DNA: An Invaluable Resource

By Nikita Deshpande March 6, 2015

It is quite alarming to realize that all humans originated in Africa around 60,000 years ago. In a world where humans are often segregated according to continent and country, it is difficult to conceptualize...

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