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Technophiles seek genomic imperfections with the Greek gods at Atlantis

The 8th International Symposium on Mutations in the Genome covered a broad range of technological developments and their applications to detecting genomic sequence variation.

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Scott, H. Technophiles seek genomic imperfections with the Greek gods at Atlantis. Nat Genet 37, 1019–1021 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng1005-1019

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