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    Genome Biol. 2001;2(11):COMMENT2008. Epub 2001 Oct 17.

    What does a worm want with 20,000 genes?

    Hodgkin J.

    Genetics Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK. jah@bioch.ox.ac.uk

    The number of genes predicted for the Caenorhabditis elegans genome is remarkably high: approximately 20,000, if both protein-coding and RNA-coding genes are counted. This article discusses possible explanations for such a high value.

    PMID: 11737938 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

    PMCID: 138976

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