简介:Ascientificdreamproposedsome20yearsagohasbeenrealized-thecompletionoftheDNAsequencefortheHumanGenomeProject(HGP)in2004.Asaresult,anentirelynewfieldofbiologicalresearchhasarisen:genomebiologyorgenomicsiscelebratedforitsunprecedentedscale,intrinsicallydigitaloutput,andsystematicapproachtogettingallthedata.Itssequel,theHapMapProject,willreachfruitionlaterthisyear.Theseprojectsestablishednewprecedentsforinternationalcollaborationsandopendataaccess.