Open questions: How many genes do we have?

Abstract Seventeen years after the initial publication of the human genome, we still haven’t found all of our genes. The answer turns out to be more complex than anyone had imagined when the Human Genome Project began.

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Main Author: Steven L. Salzberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:BMC Biology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-018-0564-x
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spelling doaj-dd5907e4205144c282b0a9df99df84292020-11-25T01:41:08ZengBMCBMC Biology1741-70072018-08-011611310.1186/s12915-018-0564-xOpen questions: How many genes do we have?Steven L. Salzberg0Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, and Biostatistics, Center for Computational Biology, McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Welch Medical LibraryAbstract Seventeen years after the initial publication of the human genome, we still haven’t found all of our genes. The answer turns out to be more complex than anyone had imagined when the Human Genome Project began.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-018-0564-x
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