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Human genome at ten: Life is complicated

The more biologists look, the more complexity there seems to be. Erika Check Hayden asks if there's a way to make life simpler.

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Check Hayden, E. Human genome at ten: Life is complicated. Nature 464, 664–667 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/464664a

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