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Human genome goes global

Science In Action

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The Pan Genome of a Single Human to Represent Us All

An international consortium has gone one better with a pan genome from 47 donors to represent all of us. Benedict Patton and Karen Meagre joined me to explain how and why. They say the differences between individuals around the world can tell us a lot about human disease, human health and even human history.

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