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Between a chicken and a grape: estimating the number of human genes.

Genome biology ·Vol. 11 ·No. 5 ·2010-00-00 ·Pages 206

Pertea M, Salzberg SL

Abstract

Many people expected the question 'How many genes in the human genome?' to be resolved with the publication of the genome sequence in 2001, but estimates continue to fluctuate.

MeSH Terms
Animals Chickens Genes/genetics Genome, Human/genetics Humans Transcription, Genetic Vitis
Authors & Affiliations
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Pertea Mihaela
Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
Salzberg Steven L
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Article Info
Journal
Genome biology
Abbr.
Genome Biol
ISSN
1474-760X
DOI
10.1186/gb-2010-11-5-206
Published
2010-00-00
Epub
2010-00-05
Pages
206
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
100960660
PMCID
PMC2898077
Subset
IM
Grants
NIGMS NIH HHS · R01 GM083873 · United States
NLM NIH HHS · R01-LM006845 · United States
NLM NIH HHS · R01 LM006845-10 · United States
NLM NIH HHS · R01 LM006845-11 · United States
NIGMS NIH HHS · R01-GM083873 · United States
NLM NIH HHS · R01 LM006845 · United States
NIGMS NIH HHS · R01 GM083873-09 · United States
NIGMS NIH HHS · R01 GM083873-08 · United States
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