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OpinionWhat does a worm want with 20,000 genes?Jonathan Hodgkin  Genetics Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK  author email corresponding author email
Genome Biology 2001,
2:comment2008.1-2008.4doi:10.1186/gb-2001-2-11-comment2008
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17 October 2001 |
Subject areas: Genome studies, Model organisms, Genetics, Evolution Abstract
The number of genes predicted for the Caenorhabditis elegans genome is remarkably high: approximately 20,000, if both protein-coding and RNA-coding genes are counted. This article discusses possible explanations for such a high value. | 
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