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Published online 3 June 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030602-3
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Human gene number wager won
Geneticists draw sweepstake despite uncertainty over final tally
One lucky number - 25,947 - has scooped a sweepstake for the number of human genes, dubbed GeneSweep.
The winner was announced at last week's Homo Sapiens genetics meeting at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York.
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