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. 2000 Jun 30;288(5475):2304-7.
doi: 10.1126/science.288.5475.2304.

Human genome. Finally, the book of life and instructions for navigating it

E Pennisi

Human genome. Finally, the book of life and instructions for navigating it

E Pennisi. Science. .

Abstract

The race is over. On 26 June, to much fanfare, two rival teams announced that they had each completed a version of the "book of life"--a rough draft of the complete human genetic code. So what, exactly, is in these two different volumes, and how will they fine-tune it so that everyone from workaday biologists to pharmaceutical giants can mine its gold?

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