[DIYbio] GPU-accelerated genome loop mapping

Hi, I thought I'd share this link: http://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2015/02/11/gpus-help-decode-genome/#sthash.haueUz7Z.dpuf "The team found the human genome folds into about 10,000 loops, far fewer than were previously suspected. The loops occur when two separate bits of DNA that are far apart come into contact as the genome folds inside a cell's nucleus."

This reminds me of when the human genome was first sequenced. There were estimated to be far more base pairs than turned out. The genome of this perennial is 150bp, 50x larger than the human genome. This self-aggrandizing tendency to think that humans are the most complex species underscores the concept of polymorphisms and combinatorial phenotypes. It's not the size that counts, but what you do with it. In the case of the slow-growing plant Paris japonica, it's not apparent what it's using all those bp for.