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Sciencemagazine has released details of the terms under which it plans to publish Celera Genomics' paper on the human genome — and drawn sharp criticism over the limits that the terms set on data access.
Forced to flee by angry fishermen protesting against lobster quotas, staff at the Charles Darwin Research Station in the Galapagos Islands spent a night late last month cowering in a mangrove thicket, until they were rescued by the Ecuadorian navy.
The cooperation that characterized the international Human Genome Project (HGP) is shifting rapidly towards competition as the project's members vie to decipher the genetic codes of other species.
The whole-genome shotgun technique that has been adopted by members of the Human Genome Project (HGP) is affecting the consortium's ability to follow through on its promises over data release.