title: MAKING SENSE OF OUR VARIATION.
abstract: Each human genome differs by millions of sequence variants, but which of these differences are important in human biology and disease? Jeffrey Perkel takes a look at the how scientists are identifying and cataloging important genetic variation.
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Perkel
mesh_terms: D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D014644:Genetic Variation; D015894:Genome, Human; D016045:Human Genome Project; D006801:Humans; D054643:INDEL Mutation; D054560:National Human Genome Research Institute (U.S.); D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000737:chemistry; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger