: Specialized techniques "fish out" the 180,000 exons from the billions of DNA base pairs.
: Blood or tissue is collected from the patient (and often their parents for comparison). ABOUT EXOME Free Download
: By ignoring the 99% of DNA that does not code for proteins, this test is significantly faster and more cost-effective than sequencing the entire genome. : Specialized techniques "fish out" the 180,000 exons
: Sometimes a change is found, but science doesn't yet know if it's harmful or just a normal variation. ABOUT EXOME Free Download