Human genome data to be released
By Dr David Whitehouse
BBC News Online science editor

The human genetic database compiled by the private company Celera Genomics
is to be released to the public.
Celera completed a draft of the human genome three years ago at the same
time that a rival, publicly funded, group of scientists finished its own
draft.

Both groups announced the scientific milestone together at the White House.

Experts say the two versions of the human genetic code complement each
other, and form the basis for finding the genetic causes of disease.

'Order and orientation'

At the time of the 2001 announcement, heralded as a major achievement in
science, the Celera genome sequence was only available to paying subscribers
of its database.

The rival sequence, obtained by the Human Genome Project (HGP) was
publically available.

Now the Celera sequence is to join it. It will soon be deposited into
GenBank, an online DNA database.

The two sequences used different techniques to obtain their results. Celera
used a technique called the "shotgun" method. The HGP used it as well as
another technique.

Writing in a forthcoming issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences, Craig Venter, who led the Celera team, says that the Celera
sequence had more "order and orientation" whereas the HGP sequence had
better coverage of repeat DNA sequences.

>From BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3499877.stm

Comment:
Only the Exon DNA was sequenced.

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