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"Initial sequencing and comparative
analysis of the mouse genome,"
by R.H. Waterston and 222 others
(Mouse Genome Sequencing Consortium), Nature, 420(6915): 520-62, 5
December 2002.
[Authors' affiliations: 46 institutions
worldwide]
Abstract: "The sequence of the
mouse genome is a key informational tool for understanding the contents of the
human genome and a key experimental tool for biomedical research. Here, we
report the results of an international collaboration to produce a high-quality
draft sequence of the mouse genome. We also present an initial comparative
analysis of the mouse and human genomes, describing some of the insights that
can be gleaned from the two sequences. We discuss topics including the
analysis of the evolutionary forces shaping the size, structure and sequence
of the genomes; the conservation of large-scale synteny across most of the
genomes; the much lower extent of sequence orthology covering less than half
of the genomes; the proportions of the genomes under selection; the number of
protein-coding genes; the expansion of gene families related to reproduction
and immunity; the evolution of proteins; and the identification of
intraspecies polymorphism."
This 2002 report from Nature was cited
62 times in current journal articles indexed in the Thomson ISI
database during September-October 2003. Having slipped just slightly from its
position atop the biology list in the previous bimonthly tally for July-August
2003, this is currently the second-most-cited paper in biology published in
the last two years (excluding reviews). Prior to the most recent bimonthly
count, citations to the paper have accrued as follows:
July-August 2003: 76 citations
May-June 2003: 38
March-April 2003: 31
January-February 2003: 15
November-December 2002: 1
Total citations to date: 223
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Top 10
scientists in Molecular Biology & Genetics; for the period of January 1, 1993 - October 31, 2003
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