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Published online 29 April 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030428-5
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Chicken genome due at year's end
Bird DNA sequence to benefit farmers and doctors.
Scientists are licking their lips over chicken. The bird's genetic sequence, which is due to be published in draft form towards the end of this year, should inform both doctors and poultry farmers, they say.
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