Institute for Genome Sciences

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Leading-edge research in all-things 'omics, including #microbiomes, #neurogenomics, #genomics, #fungi, #parasites, #cancer, and more. Visit us: igs.umaryland.edu & our sister site Maryland Genomics: marylandgenomics.org for #sequencing & #bioinformatics.

The human genome is no blueprint or algorithm — it’s something else entirely, something living with promiscuous logic. Can new genomic AI models, such as Evo 2 and AlphaGenome, untangle these tricky knots or will the genome confound them, too? www.quantamagazine.org/why-the-huma...

Why the Human Genome’s Tangled Physicality May Confound AI | Quanta Magazine

Our genetic heritage is not a blueprint or an algorithm, as many biologists have imagined, but something else entirely.

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