Concept 39 A genome is an entire set of genes.
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James Watson, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1993.
Craig Venter, cofounder of Celera Genomics Corporation.
Francis Collins, Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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At the beginning of the sequencing project, only 600 bases of the genome were read per minute. Toward the end, 60,000 bases were read per minute.
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What are scientists going to do with all this data?
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James Watson, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1993.
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