A Different Kind of Celebrity Genomics

Mar 12, 2010

Glenn Close is the newest person to have her entire genome sequenced, announces Illumina. Close's genome was sequenced to an average depth of 30 fold with a Genome Analyzer, making her the first "named female" to have her genome sequenced.

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