MJA12046%USA.decnet at USAV01.GLAXO.COM ("USA::MJA12046") writes:
>Is there a file, in Gopherspace or wherever, that keeps the statistics
>of DNA and Protein Databases with regard to species? It would be interesting
>to know what percentage of the E. coli genome has been sequenced, what
>percent of Genbank is human DNA, etc.
.......
This is a good question- what is the answer, though? In the excellent
discussion document "Meeting Report" from the "DOE Informatics Summit",
in the "Types of Community Database Users" section it states:
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* It is an embarrassment to the Human Genome Project that *
* we still cannot easily answer simple questions such as, *
* "How many genes on the long arm of chromosome 21 have *
* been sequenced?" *
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Any specific suggestions on how we can be less embarrassed sooner
rather than later?
Tim
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E-mail: little at ere.umontreal.ca Tim Littlejohn
tim at bch.umontreal.ca
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