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The Genes, the Whole Genes, and Nothing But the Genes Jim Kent University of California Santa Cruz

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Ben Franklin - Childhood Hero Hi Voltage Experiments

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A Man of High Values

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Early to bed Early to rise

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Rock Collection

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Shell Collection

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Bottlecap Collection

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Bug Collection

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Jim Kent - Genome Scientist not to be confused with Richard Stallman

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Modern Bug Collection if (a = b) if (string == something) for (x=0; x

Where are we now? The genome >95% complete. 98% complete in April. A comprehensive list of genes - ~75% of coding regions.