Genome Biology

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Opinion

Twin peaks: the draft human genome sequence

Colin AM Semple*, Kathryn L Evans and David J Porteous

Author Affiliations

Medical Genetics Section, Department of Medical Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Molecular Medicine Centre, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK

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Genome Biology 2001, 2:comment2003-comment2003.5 doi:10.1186/gb-2001-2-3-comment2003

Published: 1 March 2001

Abstract

Once thought to be impossible or a waste of resources, the initial high-volume stages of sequencing the human genome have been completed.