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Sequence of human chromosome 21

William Wells

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Genome Biology 2000, 1:spotlight-20000509-01 doi:10.1186/gb-spotlight-20000509-01

Published: 9 May 2000

The completed sequence of chromosome 21 reveals a paucity of genes - perhaps explaining why children with Down's syndrome survive.