Chapter 1 Next-generation Sequencing(NGS)

Lesson 1 From Convention to Second-generation Sequencing

Lesson 2 Application of Next-generation Sequencing

Lesson 3 First Baby Born after Full Genetic Screening of Embryos

Chapter 2 Big Data

Lesson 1 Too Much Information:Better Health from Big Data

Lesson 2 Life Sciences in Big Data Era

Lesson 3 Big Data Meets Public Health

Chapter 3 Personal Genomics&Personalized Medicine

Lesson 1 The Advent of Personal Genome Sequencing

Lesson 2 The Future of Personal Genomics

Lesson 3 Obstacles to the Translation of Personalized Medicine into the Clinic

Chapter 4 Animal&Plant Genome Research and Its Agricultural Applications

Lesson 1 Plant and Animal Sequencing

Lesson 2 Animal Code:Our Favorite Genomes

Lesson 3 Sequencing of Animal/Plant Genomes and Its Application

Chapter 5 Metagenomics

Lesson 1 Metagenomics:The Science of Biological Diversity

Lesson 2 How Gut Bacteria Help Make Us Fat and Thin

Lesson 3 Next-generation Sequencing Propels Environmental Genomics to the Front Line of Research

Chapter 6 Genomes and Biodiversity

Lesson 1 Genome 10K:a Proposal to Obtain Whole-Genome Sequence for 10000 Vertebrate Species

Lesson 2 Biodiversity,Genomes,and DNA Sequence Databases

Lesson 3 Examples of Genome&Transcriptome Projects

Chapter 7 Biobanking

Lesson 1 Current Status,Challenges,Policies&Bioethics of Biobanks

Lesson 2 Building Better Biobank

Lesson 3 Biobank Promises to Pinpoint the Cause of Disease

Chapter 8 Big Resources in Biobanks

Lesson 1 Specimen Types for DNA Net Earth

Lesson 2 Specimen Collections in U.S.Biobanks:Results from a National Survey

Lesson 3 Examples of Aquatic Biobanks Worldwide

Glossary

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