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Volume 155, Number 24 (June 12, 1999)

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One small bacterial genome, to go

Scientists hold off on building a simple bacterium gene-by-gene so bioethicists and religious scholars can weigh in on the idea.

References:

Venter, J.C. 1999. The genome project: From microbes to man. Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. June. Chicago.

Further Readings:

Travis, J. 1998. Another human genome project. Science News 153(May 23):334.

______. 1996. How many genes does a bacterium need? Science News 150(Sept. 28):198.

Sources:

J. Craig Venter
Celera Genomics
45 West Gude Drive
Rockville, MD 20850

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 24, June 12, 1999, p. 377. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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