G: Unnatural Selection
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The First Human Geno Survey
In the late 19 seventies, science just wasn't quite ready to tackle those questions in a serious way. The first human gino was sequenced at a cost of onell dollars, droppeddramatically to day the cost of ten grains. And i realized wild it is amazing that if thist s advancing this rapidly, it'll be possible to note the genetic make up of a baby before it's bor for is born or even conceived. Some of these crazy science fiction ideas about genomics and genetic engineering will come true.
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