How many genes in the human genome?

1994/07/01 by Chris Fields, Mark D. Adams, Owen White +1 · 1 voice · 2 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer #Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders #Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics

paper · doi:10.1038/ng0794-345

openalex publication_date 1994/07/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23

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• Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
• The costs of human inbreeding and their implications for variations at the DNA level

Discussions

• I'm old enough to remember my mentors' hype when talking about how the human genome was going to explain everything, only to be dismayed to find out <30,000 genes had to explain hundreds of thousands [bsky, 8 points, 1 comments]