UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute 25 years
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25 years later: Inside the cut-throat race to decode the human genome

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’We couldn’t live without it’: the UCSC Genome Browser turns 25

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The Human Genome Project’s legacy is still yielding new advances

Learn more about the history of the UCSC Genome Browser and Genomics Institute

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