Analyzing human DNA variations, Kenneth Kidd

Interviewee: Kenneth Kidd. Analyzing human DNA variations.

We look at DNA of humans, and of modern humans, not of ancient ones. We collect blood samples from normal, healthy living people from different populations around the world. And look at the DNA sequence, usually not sequenced strictly, but at variants that we know about and type those variants so we know for that limited bit of DNA what flavor, what allele each individual has.

sequence dna,human dna,dna sequence,allele,interviewee,blood samples,variants,variations,populations

Related Content

15116. Frequency of different DNA variations, Kenneth Kidd

Kenneth Kidd talks about frequency of different DNA variations.

  • ID: 15116
  • Source: DNAi

16095. Chimp, Human, Neandertal HVR1

Variation between mtDNA (HVR1) samples from chimp, Neandertal and human.

  • ID: 16095
  • Source: DNALC.DNAi

15101. Can DNA variations be detected? Alec Jeffreys

Alec Jeffreys talks about can DNA variations be detected.

  • ID: 15101
  • Source: DNAi

15981. DNA variations

A DNA fingerprint is a profile of a person's inherited DNA variations, specifically repeated sequences

  • ID: 15981
  • Source: DNAi

15573. DNA sequencer

An image of a DNA sequencer.

  • ID: 15573
  • Source: DNAi

16114. Limit to the gene chip, Stephen Fodor.

Stephen Fodor talks about limit to the gene chip.

  • ID: 16114
  • Source: DNAi

15979. A mitochondrial DNA sequence

Human mitochondrial DNA is 16,569 base pairs in length.

  • ID: 15979
  • Source: DNAi

15975. Human and mtDNA variation

When comparing Neandertal and human mtDNA, researchers found that the differences between the sequences put Neandertals outside the range of variation of modern humans.

  • ID: 15975
  • Source: DNAi

16088. mtDNA tree all humans; Macaulay

Mitochondrial genome sequences humans populations modern MRCA most recent common ancestor ancestry relationships phylogenetic trees mtDNA Macaulay.

  • ID: 16088
  • Source: DNAi

15182. Studying indigenous populations, Douglas Wallace

Mitochondrial DNA research pioneer Douglas Wallace speaks about the populations he samples and the direct application of the research.

  • ID: 15182
  • Source: DNAi