gene bank

noun

1. a collection of seeds, plants, tissue cultures, etc, of potentially useful species, esp species containing genes of significance to the breeding of crops
2. another name for gene library

Example Sentences

Researchers have created the world's largest ancient human gene bank by analysing the bones and teeth of almost 5,000 humans who lived across western Europe and Asia up to 34,000 years ago.

From Science Daily

The new findings were made possible by the analysis of data held in a unique gene bank of ancient DNA, created by the researchers over the past five years with funding from the Lundbeck Foundation.

From Science Daily

This is the first gene bank of its kind in the world and already it has enabled fascinating new insights in areas from ancient human migrations, to genetically-determined risk profiles for the development of brain disorders.

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"Creating a gene bank of ancient DNA from Eurasia's past human inhabitants was a colossal project, involving collaboration with museums across the region," said Willerslev.

From Science Daily

He added: "We've demonstrated that our gene bank works as a precision tool that can give us new insights into human diseases, when combined with analyses of present-day human DNA data and inputs from several other research fields. That in itself is amazing, and there's no doubt it has many applications beyond MS research."

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