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The Book of Life: DNA provides the words, but what tells the story?

This article comments on the efforts of scientists to establish a complete human genetic code and their sequence. Support of the public sector for the initiative; Problems associated with the attempt to establish a collection of disease-related genes; Percentage of human genes which can be decoded...

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Publicado en:Orion Magazine Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 70 - 72
Autor principal: Martineau, Belinda
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Orion Jan/Feb2005
Materias:
Genetic code
Nucleotide sequence
Human gene mapping
Human genome
Gene expression
Scientists
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
Sumario:This article comments on the efforts of scientists to establish a complete human genetic code and their sequence. Support of the public sector for the initiative; Problems associated with the attempt to establish a collection of disease-related genes; Percentage of human genes which can be decoded by the scientists; Manifestations of the effect of the environment on gene expressions.