No longer just looking under the lamppost

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 421-426

  Collins, Francis S ^a  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN GENETICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISTORY; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; MEDICAL GENETICS; UNITED STATES;

AWARDS AND PRIZES; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; MARYLAND; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; UTAH;

EID: 33748640802     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507611     Document Type: Conference Paper

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