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Defining Genes in the Genomics Era

2003; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Volume: 300; Issue: 5617 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1126/science.1084354

1095-9203

M Snyder, Mark Gerstein,

Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Even with the availability of the genome sequences of many different organisms, we are still left wondering about the definition of a true gene. In their Perspective, Snyder and Gerstein discuss different criteria that can be used to define what a gene is in the era of genomics.