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Science 22 December 2000:
Vol. 290. no. 5500, pp. 2220 - 2221
DOI: 10.1126/science.290.5500.2220
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BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR:
Genomics Comes of Age

Elizabeth Pennisi

2000 was a banner year for scientists deciphering the "book of life"; this year saw the completion of the genome sequences of complex organisms ranging from the fruit fly to the human. Science marks the production of this torrent of genome data as the Breakthrough of 2000; it might well be the breakthrough of the decade, perhaps even the century, for all its potential to alter our view of the world we live in.

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