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Genome: Public and private teams unveil human genome map
Researchers report completion of a rough draft of the human genome as the public and Celera projects reveal 97 percent of base pairs identified and 85 percent ordered. Venter and Collins praise collaboration after a months-long race, with multiple international contributors and a projected two more years to finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Institutes of Health
Wellcome Trust
Sanger Centre
Britain
U.S. Department of Energy
Whitehead Institute
Cambridge
Mass
Washington University
St. Louis
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston
China
Germany
France
Japan
Venter
America
Collins
Washington Monument
Francis Collins
Genome Project
Celera Genomics
J. Craig Venter
White House
Clinton