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Human Genome Project Findings

Humans have 26,000 to 30,000 genes - only 300 more than a mouse

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 麻豆社 World Service Archive and was originally broadcast in 2001.

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23 minutes

麻豆社 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project