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Science 29 September 2006:
Vol. 313. no. 5795, pp. 1897 - 1899
DOI: 10.1126/science.1134490
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Perspectives

GENOMICS:
Genomics and the Tree of Life

Antonis Rokas

The wealth of genome sequences--from more than 400 organisms to date--has enriched the evolutionary tree, but has also presented new challenges.

The author is at the Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, Microbial Genome Analysis and Annotation, 7 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. E-mail: arokas{at}mit.edu

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