Celera and the consortium published their drafts of the sequence simultaneously in 2001 with much fanfare (ScienceNOW, 12 February).
Because some of the partners have already begun preliminary gene mapping and sequencing, a "rough draft" of the full sequence could be completed by year's end.
Dr. Venter and scientists at the National Institutes of Health recently announced that they had put together a draft of the entire sequence of the human genome, and the researchers had unanimously declared, there is only one race -- the human race.
And scientists, with their announcement that they have completed a so-called working draft of the entire sequence of the human genome, must traffic in a few contradictions of their own.
Here, we report a first draft of the genome sequence and annotation of Ophiostoma ulmi strain W9.
A 4× draft of the genome sequence has been released and an 8× assembly will be available [ 6].
These claims (and hypes) echo the enthusiasm and excitement expressed when the first draft of the human genetic sequence published in 2001.
In 2005 the first public draft of the canine genome sequence was released [ 18, 19].
The first high quality draft of the grape genome sequence has just been published.
A draft of the wheat genome sequence was published very recently [ 30].
