No, uniquer than that, even.

From the Globe and Mail an article about the whole genome of J Craig Venter:

This human's life, decoded

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The first two maps of the human genome, published by an international government-funded consortium and a private company in 2001, were based on a patchwork of DNA from several donors. Both versions were also half maps, decoding only one set of the 23 chromosomes on the assumption the two sets would hardly differ.

This set of 23 paired chromosomes, made up of six billion chemical units in total, is the first full human genome ever decoded for an individual – U.S. scientist Craig Venter.

Those maps suggested that humans were 99.9 per cent genetically identical, with only one one-thousandth of DNA information accounting for all the vibrant variety of humanity.

Now researchers from Canada, the United States and Spain have decoded all 46 of the chromosomes belonging to J. Craig Venter, the 60-year-old upstart American biologist whose company, Celera Genomics, compiled the private version of the human genome seven years ago. And the results indicate that those first celebrated DNA maps seriously underestimated the genetic diversity of humans - by a factor of at least five.

The new work suggests that the genetic code in the chromosomes we carry can vary widely, not only between any two strangers waiting at a bus stop, but between brothers and sisters.

"The biggest single surprise is how much we missed the boat with the human genome seven years ago, and how different we really are," Dr. Venter said in an interview. "The overwhelming message back then was that we are all like identical clones of each other. ... It's comforting to know we are more unique than that."

The findings, [were] released today in PLoS Biology, a free, online scientific journal....

"We're recognizing this form of variation, of these small insertions and deletions, for the very first time," Dr. Scherer said. He explained that researchers once estimated there were about 100 such variants in a human genome, "but now we see about one million of them."

"It's different from everything we've learned ... the chromosomes don't line up at all."

The ongoing study suggests the chromosomes Dr. Venter inherited from his parents are different in at least 15 million places.

Via Michelle Dawson's QT board.

The journal article is called The Diploid Genome Sequence of an Individual Human.




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