This time it is the real thing, scientists promise - the complete sequence of human DNA, as perfectly rendered as it ever will be.

Much publicity was given to the announcements of the draft human genome, and then its formal publication, but the final version will be officially launched on Monday in Washington DC.


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I found this on a related story .

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The low number of genes is not the only intriguing finding in the new genome data. Scientists have also discovered that our ancestors appear to have inherited 223 genes directly from bacteria, many of which appear to now play a crucial role. The gene transfer must have occurred when wayward bacterial DNA integrated into the sperm or egg of a distant vertebrate forebear

I thought it was an interesting twist on the theory of evolution.

Bacteria? ewww....so the missing link is
Osmosis Jones?

Hey, some of my best friends are bacteria!