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Published online 24 August 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010830-4
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Human gene number climbs
New estimate ups our gene number by a third.
Predictions of the paltry number of human genes grabbed the headlines earlier this year. A new estimate puts the figure more than 30 per cent higher.
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