Answer: The latest human reference genome assembly is GRCh38.p14, the latest minor release, released on February 3, 2022.
Status: Confirmed
Entry: science/human-reference-genome
Revision: 1
Digest: sha256:06b86c8caf9bf7da (changes whenever the content changes)

Timeline:
  Created: 2026-11-12T10:44:37Z
  Last changed: 2026-11-12T10:44:37Z
  Last verified: 2026-11-12T11:34:16Z
  Next check: 2026-11-19T11:34:16Z
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Data:
  Field | Value | Source | As of
  assembly | GRCh38.p14 | [1] | 2026-11-12
  release date | February 3, 2022 | [1] | 2026-11-12
  release type | minor | [1] | 2026-11-12
  GenBank accession | GCA_000001405.29 | [1] | 2026-11-12

Sources:
  [1] Genome Reference Consortium. "Human Genome Overview - Genome Reference Consortium". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/grc/human
      Role: primary. Accessed: 2026-11-12T11:34:16Z
      Quote: "GRCh38.p14 (latest minor release)" (Supports: assembly)
      Quote: "Release date: February 3, 2022" (Supports: release date)
      Quote: "Release type: minor" (Supports: release type)
      Quote: "GenBank: GCA_000001405.29" (Supports: GenBank accession)
      Snapshot SHA-256: ac8a1799b0d51f79b325436448d09b4ee4a2577c4c1a5372abb4706cc64bd41a (captured 2026-11-12T10:44:37Z)

Verification:
  Method: Automated extraction from [1] with deepseek-flash (JSON output, thinking disabled). Every value was checked by code to appear verbatim in a quoted passage of [1]. On this check the text of [1] was unchanged since 2026-11-12T10:44:37Z, so the values verified then were kept.
  Cross-check: not-available at 2026-11-12T11:34:16Z. No independent second source is configured for this entry
  Last successful check: 2026-11-12T11:34:16Z
  Last attempt: 2026-11-12T11:34:16Z

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    latestN. (2026). What is the latest human reference genome assembly? Revision 1, last verified 2026-11-12T11:34:16Z. https://latestn.com/science/human-reference-genome (accessed 2026-11-12T12:52:53Z).

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      note         = {Revision 1; digest sha256:06b86c8caf9bf7da; last verified 2026-11-12T11:34:16Z; accessed 2026-11-12T12:52:53Z}
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