Between a chicken and a grape: Estimating the number of human genes

Mihaela Pertea; Steven L. Salzberg

doi:10.1186/gb-2010-11-5-206

Between a chicken and a grape: Estimating the number of human genes

Mihaela Pertea, Steven L. Salzberg

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Abstract

Many people expected the question 'How many genes in the human genome?' to be resolved with the publication of the genome sequence in 2001, but estimates continue to fluctuate.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	206
Journal	Genome biology
Volume	11
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/gb-2010-11-5-206
State	Published - May 5 2010
Externally published	Yes

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Genetics
Cell Biology

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