Tag: #bioinformatics

Why does this RNA virus look like DNA?

RNA genomes of viruses like COVID-19 are often sequenced as complementary DNA (cDNA) for practical reasons, though the actual genome is made of RNA with uracil instead of thymine. 2020-02-16

Diffing coronaviruses

Comparing the genome sequences of the Wuhan coronavirus and a bat coronavirus using diff and NCBI BLAST reveals an 89% similarity. 2020-02-09

Browsing my genome

Exploring my 23andMe genome data - a text file of single nucleotide polymorphisms, not a full DNA sequence, requiring a reference genome to interpret. 2019-12-30

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