The researchers, along with other scientists across the world, are now working to sequence the complete genome of other close relatives to humans, including gorillas and orangutans.

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Further more exome sequencing is a questionable working model as companies will now be able to sequence a complete genome at a lower cost than one utilizing array exome capture and potential bias, why a company would offer that as the preferred service is odd.

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"Our ability to grow Plasmodium in the fruit fly is especially fortunate because scientists recently determined the complete sequence of the Drosophila genome, " says Dr Shahabuddin.

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