Chapter 10 Individual Genome Sequencing
The cloudy light rain in the morning was penetrated by the afternoon sun, revealing a dazzling rainbow bridge. Pedestrians on the road can't help but stop and admire this rare glazed arch bridge in the sky.
The candidates who took the high school entrance examination had to take a quick glance and rushed to the designated hospital for a physical test. But because of this pleasing scenery, the nervousness before the test was relieved, and I walked to the central hospital in a more comfortable mood.
The Central Hospital, as an auxiliary hospital in Central City, now has a long queue of students outside, who are the high school entrance examination candidates who come to the physical test.
It was only at this time that the central hospital regained some of its former vitality.
Because nowadays, compared with hospitals, the Awakening Master of the Healing Department can heal the injured faster through his own abnormal abilities, and even some difficult and miscellaneous diseases that are still difficult to overcome in physiology and medicine can be cured, so whether it is from the perspective of timeliness or healing ability, people are more inclined to go to the Forbidden City Court composed of Awakening Master of the Healing Department for treatment.
However, the number of healers in the Forbidden City is limited after all, and some minor injuries and illnesses can be solved in the hospital, so there is no need to trouble the healer, and it can also save expenses. Therefore, there is still a need for hospitals to exist, but they are only engaged in some simple business, such as the physical testing of high school entrance examination candidates.
With the development of science and technology, human beings have continuously improved and upgraded sequencers, and now they can now perform whole-genome sequencing for individuals cheaply and quickly.
Candidates queue up at the hospital to prepare for individual whole-genome sequencing.
Then, by comparing the sequenced genes with the genes of the known excellent Awakened Master in the big database, the higher the sequence match, the greater the potential value after awakening, which means that the Awakened Master may go further on the way.
After nine years of learning the basics, it is well known that the sequence match between humans is generally 99.99%, and the genetic differences between individuals are not large. The remaining 0.01% difference was mainly reflected in the physiological structure such as appearance, body shape and eye color, mainly due to the expression of alleles after adaptation to different environments.
For example, differences in the integrity of conserved sequences across the genome.
Since the whole genome is divided into known functional and non-functional regions, the genes in the functional regions skip and run to other locations, forming new genes, resulting in positional mutations in the conserved sequences. So there are individual differences.
For example, a specific mobile sequence (transposon) on DNA, and the basic mechanism by which human immune cells recognize the invasion of viruses and bacteria and produce a variety of antibodies (VDJ rearrangement) are the existence of such differences.
Or there may be pseudogenes in non-functional areas. For example, when reverse transcriptase occurs in a cell, the RNA is turned back into DNA, but because the introns have been deleted, the synthesized DNA has only exons and no introns, resulting in non-functional pseudogenes, which also cause differences.
Because of this difference, when the number of individuals increases by 9 after the decimal point of the sequence match, the potential of the awakened person increases exponentially.
Under normal circumstances, once the sequence match is increased by an additional 9, that is, 99.999%, you can safely become an Elemental Awakener.
Two more 9s, the cell fit will be able to accommodate two elements, that is, after awakening the first elemental system, it can be awakened again, and there is a high chance that you can control the two elements, and fuse them to produce mutations, becoming a beast mutant, which is the existence of one in a million elemental awakened masters!
With three more nines, it is possible to control the three elements and become the strongest among the awakened masters who is expected to break through the shackles of the laws of nature, and there is no one in a million!
However, under normal circumstances, most people's sequence matching degree is 99.99%, and they can only force the awakening of elemental power, but they can't deeply adapt to it.
Because the compatibility of one's own cells with the basic attribute elements after awakening is low, the potential is limited. Therefore, although many human beings are also evolutionary races, they cannot become awakened masters, and at best they are slightly stronger than ordinary people.
This is one of the reasons why the Awakened Master is a dream of the public, and it is not precious because everyone can achieve it.
At this time, at the counter in the hall of the laboratory department, the nurse wearing a mask looked at the name on the list and nodded: "Li Yuan." ”
"Here." Li Yuan, who was ordered, raised his hand with some excitement.
The nurse looked up at the real person and compared the avatar on the list and said, "Let's go in and test." ”
"Okay."
"Next, Qi Bo."
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"Next, Bai Qi."
"Brother, come on!" Zhuge Xiaoqiang behind him said excitedly.
"Brother Bai Qi, come on!" Xue Yuhan also encouraged.
"Hmm." Bai Qi nodded lightly, and the calm on his face was faintly broken by the ups and downs of his heart. Because such a test has nothing to do with planning in people, it is completely up to heaven!
Subsequently, Bai Qi entered the laboratory department excitedly and apprehensively.
Once inside, the doctor in the laboratory first took a DNA sample of the individual. Due to the totipotent nature of cells, the blood, saliva,* and tissues of the same body are consistent and remain unchanged for life in the same healthy person. Therefore, no matter which part of the DNA sample is collected, it can be used for sequencing.
Moreover, there is no need to worry about mechanical errors. With the advancement of science and technology, sequencers have been highly developed, and the probability rate has reached 100%.
The doctor in charge of sequencing then takes the DNA sample for sequencing.
While Bai Qi was still trying to calm down his fluctuating mind, the data of the individual genome appeared in the gene bank on the hospital's website, which could be searched online by schools and students.
At the same time, the printer is also printing some important data, with numbers, etc., so that students can check it online.
That's a lot of vigor!
In the blink of an eye, it was all done.
"Okay, this is your result, take it to the Central High School to awaken, good luck." The sequencing doctor laughed.
"Okay, thanks." Bai Qi was in a trance, and his mental preparation had already been tested, and he finally understood the mood of the candidates who walked out of the laboratory just now.
Subsequently, Bai Qi walked out of the laboratory department with some sluggishness.
Xue Yuhan and Zhuge Xiaoqiang immediately came up curiously and asked how Bai Qi's sequencing was doing.
So, Bai Qi took the booklet printed with dense deoxynucleotide ATCG and showed it, looking speechless and helpless.
He has a specialization in the art industry, and the nine years of basic knowledge learning are miscellaneous but not precise, so that Bai Qi does not understand the booklet in front of him, and only knows that these letters are part of his genes.
Xue Yuhan and Zhuge Xiaoqiang looked at the booklet and didn't know much.
Then, Bai Qi looked at the two of them and said, "I'll wait for you outside, and after you finish the test, we'll go to the Central High School together." ”
"Uh-huh (good)."
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