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The human genome can be considered as the representative of mammalian genomes. Basic characteristics of the human genome, such as the overall structure, protein coding genes and RNA genes, are first discussed. Personal genome sequencing and genomic heterogeneity are described next. We then discuss genetic changes to produce humanness, followed by discussion on human genome diversity. At the end, ancient human genomes are briefly reviewed.

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Saitou, N. (2018). Human Genome. In: Introduction to Evolutionary Genomics. Computational Biology, vol 17. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92642-1_12

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