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Human genome at ten: Science after the sequence

The completion of the draft human genome sequence was announced ten years ago. Nature's survey of life scientists reveals that biology will never be the same again. Declan Butler reports.

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Butler, D. Human genome at ten: Science after the sequence. Nature 465, 1000–1001 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/4651000a

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