Published by Australian Academy of Science

Writer:	Roger Beckmann and Academy staff
Reviewers:	Dr Simon Foote Interim Deputy Director, Australian Genome Research Facility Laboratory of Mammalian Genetics Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Melbourne Professor John Mattick Interim Director, Australian Genome Research Facility Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology University of Queensland, Brisbane

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