The shuffling of a mortal coil.

摘要: 4 nature genetics • volume 22 may 1999 Perhaps the most important, and unappreciated, outcome of both Industrial Genomics Revolutions is enhanced, rather than diminished, vitality small companies research laboratories. Despite profound changes consequent to industrialization, remain an important part vigorous economies. In same way, conventional laboratories are essential for exploiting genomic information, reagents technologies functional studies. Genomic information a catalogue whose meaning can only be established through traditional based on testing specific hypotheses; it easier centralize raw materials in few centres concentrate intuition, imagination insight. A balance between genome strength community. The principal threat success that labs denied access products Revolution. Without access, biomedical well devolve into feudal societies composed ‘haves’ ‘have-nots’. this context, noteworthy data obtained by Watanabe et al. have been made freely available publicly accessible databases. For years, rat has premier species many physiological, behavioural pharmacological With these maps mapping reagents, community now positioned identify genes control physiological traits diseases. And with time consider sequencing genome. corresponding cultural remains determined. These benefits risks face as they bid join G7. ■