ThenewCNV map – compiledfrom 270 individualgenomes of people withAfrican, AsianandEuropean ancestry – willchangetheway in whichscientistssearch forgenes involved in disease.
After scanning across the whole surface, having previously compiled a relief map of the surface in the usual way, the researchers were able to draw up a map of the binding sites and pinpoint the positions of the antigens to within two or three nanometres.