Scientists say they've unraveled order of 3 billion bits of genetic code

Friday, September 2, 2005

WASHINGTON -- Scientists said Wednesday that they have determined the precise order of the 3 billion bits of genetic code that carry the instructions for making a chimpanzee, human-kind's closest cousin.

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