Last chromosome in human genome sequenced

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By Patricia Reaney

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have reached a landmark point in one of
the world's most important scientific projects by sequencing the last
chromosome in the Human Genome, the so-called "book of life".

Chromosome 1 contains nearly twice as many genes as the average
chromosome and makes up eight percent of the human genetic code.

It is packed with 3,141 genes and linked to 350 illnesses including
cancer, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.

"This achievement effectively closes the book on an important volume of
the Human Genome Project," said Dr Simon Gregory who headed the
sequencing project at the Sanger Institute in England.

The project was started in 1990 to identify the genes and DNA sequences
that provide a blueprint for human beings.

Chromosome 1 is the biggest and contains, per chromosome, the greatest
number of genes.

"Therefore it is the region of the genome to which the greatest number
of diseases have been localized," added Gregory, from Duke University
in the United States.

The sequence of chromosome 1, which is published online by the journal
Nature, took a team of 150 British and American scientists 10 years to
complete.

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