Gene Codes Corporation
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| Gene Codes | |
|---|---|
| Type | Private company |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Location | Ann Arbor, MI, USA |
| Key people | Howard Cash President and CEO |
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Bioinformatics and Engineering |
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DNA Sequence Analysis Tools |
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http://www.genecodes.com/ |
Gene Codes Corporation is a privately-owned international firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. The 2010 census places the population at 113,934, making it the sixth largest city in Michigan. The Ann Arbor Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 344,791 as of 2010...
which specializes in bioinformatics software for genetic sequence analysis
Sequence analysis
In bioinformatics, the term sequence analysis refers to the process of subjecting a DNA, RNA or peptide sequence to any of a wide range of analytical methods to understand its features, function, structure, or evolution. Methodologies used include sequence alignment, searches against biological...
. Its flagship software product, Sequencher, is widely used by researchers at academic and government labs as well as biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies for DNA sequence assembly http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/life/articles/article25.mhtml. Additional information about forensic software developed by Gene Codes can be found here http://www.genecodesforensics.com
History
Gene Codes Corporation was founded in 1988 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 1991, the DNA sequence assembly and analysis software, Sequencher, was released. In the following years, Sequencher has established a customer base across academic, government, and pharmaceutical laboratories. The latest version, Sequencher 4.10.1, was released in March 2010.In the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks
September 11, 2001 attacks
The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/119/11 is pronounced "nine eleven". The slash is not part of the pronunciation...
, Gene Codes dedicated resources to the identification of the victims. This effort resulted in the Mass Fatality Identification SYStem, MFISYS . This software records DNA profiles and finds matches in specimen sample profiles. These profiles are generated by sequencing a series of genetic markers including mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), short tandem repeats (STRs) and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). This system was also used to identify those killed in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea megathrust earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on Sunday, December 26, 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The quake itself is known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake...
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Gene Codes is currently working with the DNA Shoah
Shoah
Shoah may refer to:*The Holocaust*Shoah , documentary directed by Claude Lanzmann * A Shoah Foundation...
Project whose aim is to identify remains of those killed during the holocaust.http://www.dnashoah.org