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Thu 06 Jun 2009Sequencing of the potato genome will mean better spuds
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE:THE GENOME OF an organism is all the genetic information in the chromosomes of the organism. This genetic information is coded in DNA in sequences of chemicals called nucleotides, popularly called the letters of the genetic code, and these letters are grouped into words called genes. Sequencing the information in a genome is a massive first step towards understanding the entire genetic information that determines the organism. Several species have now had their genomes sequenced and, soon, another genome of particular relevance to Ireland will be sequenced.
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