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Reference genomes

By Dr. Brandon Colby, MD, Founder of Sequencing and author of Outsmart Your Genes. An early voice in direct-to-consumer genetic testing.

Current default reference genome: GRCh38.p14

Human reference genomes are preloaded and ready for you to use with any DNA report or app. We also include many of the historical reference genomes in order to facilitate studies and analysis that require these earlier references.

New builds are added as they become available from the Genome Reference Consortium (GRC).

Reference Genome (preloaded and ready to use)Date
GRCh38.p13Mar 2019
GRCh38.p12Dec 2017
GRCh38.p6Dec 2015
GRCh38.p5Sep 2015
GRCh38.p4Jun 2015
GRCh38.p3Apr 2015
GRCh38.p2Dec 2014
GRCh38.p1Oct 2014
hg38 / GRCh38Jan 2014
hg19 / NCBI137 / GRCh37Feb 2009
hg19 / NCBI137 / GRCh37 (1000 Genomes Project)Feb 2009
hg18 / NCBI136Mar 2006
hg18 / NCBI136 Female (1000 Genomes Project)Mar 2006
hg18 / NCBI136 Male (1000 Genomes Project)Mar 2006
hg17 / NCBI135May 2004
hg16 / NCBI134Jul 2003
hg15 / NCBI133Apr 2003
hg13 / NCBI131Nov 2002
hg12 / NCBI130Jun 2002
hg11 / NCBI129Apr 2002
hg10 / NCBI128Dec 2001
hg8Aug 2001
hg7Apr 2001
hg6Dec 2000
hg5 FinalJan 2001
hg5 PreliminaryOct 2000
hg4Sep 2000
hg2Jun 2000