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Nature 410, 1021 (26 April 2001) | doi:10.1038/35074190

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Even 'free access' is still beyond the means of most scholars in Africa

Paul Keese1

  1. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Oyo Road, Ibadan, Nigeria

The draft sequence of the human genome (Nature 409, 814–958; 2001) is a landmark achievement that will satisfy intellectual curiosity and biotechnological ambitions for a considerable time. Nature is to be applauded for its open publication of the sequence and the many excellent research articles and analyses that accompany it.