Séquençage de l'ADNcadre|Résultat du séquençage par la méthode de Sanger. L'ordre de chaque bande indique la position d'un nucléotide A,T,C ou G Le séquençage de l'ADN consiste à déterminer l'ordre d'enchaînement des nucléotides pour un fragment d’ADN donné. La séquence d’ADN contient l’information nécessaire aux êtres vivants pour survivre et se reproduire. Déterminer cette séquence est donc utile aussi bien pour les recherches visant à savoir comment vivent les organismes que pour des sujets appliqués.
Third-generation sequencingThird-generation sequencing (also known as long-read sequencing) is a class of DNA sequencing methods currently under active development. Third generation sequencing technologies have the capability to produce substantially longer reads than second generation sequencing, also known as next-generation sequencing. Such an advantage has critical implications for both genome science and the study of biology in general. However, third generation sequencing data have much higher error rates than previous technologies, which can complicate downstream genome assembly and analysis of the resulting data.
Massive parallel sequencingMassive parallel sequencing or massively parallel sequencing is any of several high-throughput approaches to DNA sequencing using the concept of massively parallel processing; it is also called next-generation sequencing (NGS) or second-generation sequencing. Some of these technologies emerged between 1993 and 1998 and have been commercially available since 2005. These technologies use miniaturized and parallelized platforms for sequencing of 1 million to 43 billion short reads (50 to 400 bases each) per instrument run.
Sanger sequencingSanger sequencing is a method of DNA sequencing that involves electrophoresis and is based on the random incorporation of chain-terminating dideoxynucleotides by DNA polymerase during in vitro DNA replication. After first being developed by Frederick Sanger and colleagues in 1977, it became the most widely used sequencing method for approximately 40 years. It was first commercialized by Applied Biosystems in 1986. More recently, higher volume Sanger sequencing has been replaced by next generation sequencing methods, especially for large-scale, automated genome analyses.
Exome sequencingExome sequencing, also known as whole exome sequencing (WES), is a genomic technique for sequencing all of the protein-coding regions of genes in a genome (known as the exome). It consists of two steps: the first step is to select only the subset of DNA that encodes proteins. These regions are known as exons—humans have about 180,000 exons, constituting about 1% of the human genome, or approximately 30 million base pairs. The second step is to sequence the exonic DNA using any high-throughput DNA sequencing technology.
Clinical metagenomic sequencingClinical metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) is the comprehensive analysis of microbial and host genetic material (DNA or RNA) in clinical samples from patients by next-generation sequencing. It uses the techniques of metagenomics to identify and characterize the genome of bacteria, fungi, parasites, and viruses without the need for a prior knowledge of a specific pathogen directly from clinical specimens.
Whole genome sequencingWhole genome sequencing (WGS), also known as full genome sequencing, complete genome sequencing, or entire genome sequencing, is the process of determining the entirety, or nearly the entirety, of the DNA sequence of an organism's genome at a single time. This entails sequencing all of an organism's chromosomal DNA as well as DNA contained in the mitochondria and, for plants, in the chloroplast. Whole genome sequencing has largely been used as a research tool, but was being introduced to clinics in 2014.
PollutionLa pollution est la destruction ou dégradation d'un écosystème ou de la biosphère par l'introduction, généralement humaine, d'entités (physiques, chimiques ou biologiques), ou de radiations altérant le fonctionnement de cet écosystème. La pollution a des effets importants sur la santé et la biosphère, comme en témoigne l'exposition aux polluants et le réchauffement climatique qui transforme le climat de la Terre et son écosystème, en entraînant l'apparition de maladies inconnues jusqu'alors dans certaines zones géographiques, des migrations de certaines espèces, voire leur extinction si elles ne peuvent s'adapter à leur nouvel environnement biophysique.
Modèle mathématiquevignette|Un automate fini est un exemple de modèle mathématique. Un modèle mathématique est une traduction d'une observation dans le but de lui appliquer les outils, les techniques et les théories mathématiques, puis généralement, en sens inverse, la traduction des résultats mathématiques obtenus en prédictions ou opérations dans le monde réel. Un modèle se rapporte toujours à ce qu’on espère en déduire.
Observatoire de l'environnementUn observatoire de l'environnement est une structure, généralement publique ou associative (éventuellement non gouvernementale), collectant et centralisant des données environnementales, sous forme d'indicateurs, pour la biosurveillance (ou bio-monitoring), la surveillance environnementale, la gestion et/ou l'élaboration et l'évaluation des politiques environnementales.
