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Science 6 November 2009:
Vol. 326. no. 5954, pp. 794 - 795
DOI: 10.1126/science.326_794
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DNA Sequencing:

No Genome Left Behind

Elizabeth Pennisi

A group of genome and museum experts are calling for the unraveling of 10,000 vertebrate genomes, about one per genus across the backboned animal world. They have already set in motion a global effort to gather the DNA needed for such an undertaking. The Genomes 10K plan, formally announced this week, is short on details: where funding will come from; what sequencing strategy to use; and how to process and make use of the data generated. But supporters are gung ho.

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)