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World Service,12 Feb 2001,23 mins

Human Genome Project Findings

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First findings of the human genome project including the fact that we have 26,000 to 30,000 genes - only 300 more than a mouse. With Bambos Kyriacou at the University of Leicester, Peter McGuffin of King's College London and Sir Walter Bodmer of Oxford University. This is a programme from the BBC World Service Archive and was originally broadcast in 2001.

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