This release contains only the music track from Base by Base Episode 16.

Song title: Map the Missing
Original Base by Base episode: 16: Advancing equity in human genomics

Article metadata:
Article title: Advancing equity in human genomics through tissue-specific multi-ancestry molecular data
Journal: Cell Genomics
DOI: 10.1016/j.xgen.2023.100485
Reference: Arruda AL, Morris AP, Zeggini E. Advancing equity in human genomics through tissue-specific multi-ancestry molecular data. Cell Genomics. 2024;4:100485. doi:10.1016/j.xgen.2023.100485

Lyrics:
Verse 1
On bright screens we drew the lines in blue,
But half the world was fading out of view.
Signals whispered, but we couldn’t see the bone,
’Cause we kept calling blood a whole genome.

Pre-Chorus
Every shortcut leaves a shadow on the page,
Every gap turns medicine into a cage.
Different threads, different patterns in the light—
We won’t stop until the map is right.

Chorus
Map the missing, name the noise,
Find the variant, find the voice.
Tissue-deep, ancestry-wide,
Bring the edges to the center line.
No more guessing in the dark—
We can trace it, spark by spark.

Verse 2
In finer linkage, the blur becomes a frame,
Noncoding sparks can still ignite a name.
Colocalize the echoes where they land,
Tie the signal to the gene that moves the hand.

Bridge
Metadata matters when the stakes are life,
When “unknown” cuts like a quiet knife.
Build new rooms beyond the crowded wards of blood,
Let every body be understood.

Final Chorus
Map the missing, name the noise,
Find the variant, find the voice.
Tissue-deep, ancestry-wide,
Turn the scattered into verified.
No more bias in the dark—
We can lift it, spark by spark.