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Nomenclature Issues in the Human Genome Project

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The Terminology of Biotechnology: A Multidisciplinary Problem

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The recent progress in biotechnology, in particular in techniques to manipulate the genetic molecule DNA, has led to probably the most exciting, and also much debated enterprise in biology: to reveal the sequence of the human genome.

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  1. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Human Genome Center, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

    M. D. Zorn & C. R. Cantor

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  1. Topterm, North American Division, P.O Box 21213, Columbus, Ohio, 43221, USA

    Kurt L. Loening (Managing Director) (Managing Director)

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Zorn, M.D., Cantor, C.R. (1990). Nomenclature Issues in the Human Genome Project. In: Loening, K.L. (eds) The Terminology of Biotechnology: A Multidisciplinary Problem. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76011-2_9

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