<div class="css-hhki07 e188esf00"><div class="css-z41hwl en4o1560"><section class="css-1sh6d1o e12sbwn90"><div class="css-b4a1pi e1u9wqfn0"><span class="css-x8vgju e6e0kfy0"><a href="/special-report" data-analytics="sidebar:section"><span>Special report</span></a></span><span class="css-rjcumh e1vi1cqp0"> | A survey of the human genome</span></div><h1 class="css-n9amm3 e1r8fcie0">Only connect</h1><h2 class="css-1ss9ydi eg03uz0">Genomics is revealing the unity and the diversity of life. Both are essential to the exploitation of the new knowledge</h2></section></div></div>

<div class="css-1b0bd3r e188esf00"><div class="css-z41hwl en4o1560"><div class="css-13r0q4k ebbih0g0"><div class="css-191ofav e1oehc1h0"><div class="css-jwv1ak eupm5sl0"><div class="css-w0h03k eygoqsu0"><div><time datetime="2023-04-03T12:36:50.000Z" class="css-1c8ktq7 e4cw3vv0"> Apr 3rd 2023</time></div><div><div class="css-1902i5q eygoqsu0"></div></div></div></div></div><section data-body-id="cp2" class="css-1xs6rxu e19oi8vf1"><div class="css-11m2wk0 e19oi8vf2"><p data-component="paragraph" class="css-1f0x4sl e1tt35bk0"><span data-caps="initial">T</span><small>he phrase</small> “Human Genome Project” has a pleasingly anthropocentric ring to it: the sort of good, relevant science that funding agencies admire. But from the beginning, the project has never been exclusively “human”. It has always been interested in the genomes of other species. </p></div></section><div class="css-1bdax0c e13p72us0"><p class="css-1i4m1tx eikojtn0">This article appeared in the Special report section of the print edition under the headline “Only connect”</p></div><div class="css-1cmx12d em0l2j50"><div class="css-19gx9y0 eupm5sl0"><div class="css-15sn8g1 eygoqsu0"><div><div class="css-9mn5vp eygoqsu0"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

Genomics is revealing the unity and the diversity of life. Both are essential to the exploitation of the new knowledge{ai:summary}<p>The Human Genome Project has extended beyond human genetics to include the study of other species' genomes, highlighting both the unity and diversity of life. This exploration is crucial for the application of genomic knowledge. </p><p>#science</p>

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Genomics is revealing the unity and the diversity of life. Both are essential to the exploitation of the new knowledge

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