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100			_aBoyce, Nell,
245		3	_aAn Ocean of Genes. _cNell Boyce.
260			_bU.S. News & World Report, _c2003.
440			_aSIRS Enduring Issues 2004. _nArticle 39, _pScience, _x1522-3264;
500			_aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004.
500			_aOriginally Published: An Ocean of Genes, May 12, 2003; pp. 62.
520			_a"Nearly a decade ago, maverick geneticist J. Craig Venter proposed a speedy way to decipher creatures' DNA codes. Though critics scoffed, saying his 'shotgun' approach would never work, it yielded the first genome sequence of a free-living organism, a simple bacterium. Since then, the technique has unraveled the code of more-complex animals, including humans, and made deciphering the DNA from microbes practically routine." (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT) This article reveals that if Venter's teams can use his "technique to read the DNA of an entire ecosystem, or at least its microbial denizens, all at once," they could quickly uncover the "genetic code of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of known and unknown microbes in a pinch of soil, a tube of seawater, or even the human body."
599			_aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650			_aBiotic communities
650			_aDNA fingerprinting
650			_aGene mapping
650			_aMarine ecology
650			_aMicrobial genetics
650			_aMicroorganisms
651			_aSargasso Sea
710			_aProQuest Information and Learning Company _tSIRS Enduring Issues 2004, _pScience. _x1522-3264;
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