Word: drafting
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...with sweet delight that Venter announced last week that Celera had completed a rough draft of the genome months ahead of schedule and that it was on track to wrap the project up as early as this summer. Celera scientists now have 90% of the genome in their database. They have also captured 97% of all the known human genes and discovered tens of thousands of new ones--including hundreds for previously unknown neurotransmitter receptors and at least one new kind of interferon. "This is not only a monumental moment in Celera's history," Venter proclaimed in a webcast news...
...Human Genome Project, by contrast, publishes its results on the Web, free to all comers. One of its biggest users, it turns out, is Celera. Of the 90% represented in Venter's rough draft, only 81% was sequenced by Celera's robots. The rest was taken from the public website...
...experience is going to help him," Mazzoleni said. "He played against the best 18-20 year olds in the world. Sweden featured the Sedin twins, who were both first round NHL draft picks...