Open questions: How many genes do we have?

Steven L. Salzberg

doi:10.1186/s12915-018-0564-x

Open questions: How many genes do we have?

Steven L. Salzberg

School of Medicine

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Abstract

Seventeen years after the initial publicationx of the human genome, we still haven't found all of our genes. The answer turns out to be more complex than anyone had imagined when the Human Genome Project began.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	94
Journal	BMC Biology
Volume	16
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-018-0564-x
State	Published - Aug 20 2018

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biotechnology
Structural Biology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Physiology
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Plant Science
Developmental Biology
Cell Biology

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