Nature Cell Biology
2, E53 - E54 (2000)
doi:10.1038/35008678
Drosophila genome takes flightMichael Boutros1, 2, 3
& Norbert Perrimon11
Michael Boutros and Norbert Perrimon are in the Department
of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, 200 Longwood, Boston,
Massachusetts 02115, USA
2
Norbert Perrimon is also at the Howard Hughes Medical
Institute, Harvard Medical School, 200 Longwood, Boston,
Massachusetts 02115, USA
3
perrimon@rascal.med.harvard.edu
In the March 24 issue of Science, a flurry of papers report on the
impending completion of the Drosophila melanogaster genome sequence.
This historic achievement is the result of a unique collaboration between
the Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project (BDGP), led by Gerry Rubin,
and the genomics company Celera, headed by Craig Venter. With its genome almost
completely sequenced ahead of schedule, Drosophila is another important
model organism to enter the postgenomic age, and represents the largest genome
sequenced to date.
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