Modern Genetics Enters Daily Life

To present the first draft of the human genome in 2001, more than 200 scientists, 13 years of work and three billion US-Dollars were needed. Today, the complete sequencing of a human genome takes less than four weeks and no more than 100.000 US-Dollars. This enormous technical improvement constitutes the basis for a more detailed understanding of a variety of biological processes spanning the evolution of man, human diseases, or plant-environment interactions.

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Filed under: Genetics on April 4th, 2008