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The human genome project: a reply to Rosenberg

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In this paper we discuss the scientific value of the human genome project. To what extent is the data obtained by sequencing the entire human genome useful in the gene dicovery process? Responding to Alex Rosenberg' skepticism about the value of such data, we maintain that brute sequence data is much more useful than he suggests.

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  1. Philosophy Department, University of Delaware, 19716, Newark, USA

    Robin O. Andreasen

  2. Du Pont Corporation, USA

    Milo J. Aukerman

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Andreasen, R.O., Aukerman, M.J. The human genome project: a reply to Rosenberg. Biology & Philosophy 17, 673–678 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022555825234

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