The French National Sequencing Center (Genoscope) was created in 1996 in
Évry,
France
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. It has been involved in the
sequencing
In genetics and biochemistry, sequencing means to determine the primary structure (sometimes incorrectly called the primary sequence) of an unbranched biopolymer. Sequencing results in a symbolic linear depiction known as a sequence which succ ...
of the
human genome
The human genome is a complete set of nucleic acid sequences for humans, encoded as the DNA within each of the 23 distinct chromosomes in the cell nucleus. A small DNA molecule is found within individual Mitochondrial DNA, mitochondria. These ar ...
.
Details
The Genoscope is a part of the
Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA); more specifically the
CEA Paris-Saclay center. The site employs around 130 people.
See also
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CEA Paris-Saclay
References
Research institutes in France
Biological research institutes
French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission
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