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title: "36 Human Genome Quotes by 29 authors"
description: "Browse 36 Human Genome quotes by 29 authors. Discover the best Human Genome sayings and thoughts."
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> [The Human Genome Project has given us a genetic parts list.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leroy-hood/the-human-genome-project-has-given-us-a-genetic-parts-list/)

[Leroy Hood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leroy-hood/)

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> [When burned on a CD, the human genome is smaller than Microsoft Office.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jurvetson/when-burned-on-a-cd-the-human-genome-is-smaller-than-microsoft-office/)

[Steve Jurvetson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jurvetson/)

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> [“New analyses of the human genome establish that human evolution has been recent, copious and regional.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-wade/new-analyses-of-the-human-genome-establish-that-human-evolution-has/)

[Nicholas Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-wade/)

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> [“At least half of the genes in the human genome are duplicates.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/at-least-half-of-the-genes-in-the-human-genome-are-duplicates/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“The decoding of the human genome tells us that we are indeed related to the animals, the insects, and the plants, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mccallum/the-decoding-of-the-human-genome-tells-us-that-we-are-indeed-related/)

[Ian McCallum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mccallum/)

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> [“It’s not that I was categorically opposed to the idea of scientists and physicians using gene editing to introduce heritable changes into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-a-doudna/it-s-not-that-i-was-categorically-opposed-to-the-idea-of-scientists/)

[Jennifer A. Doudna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-a-doudna/)

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> [If we can put a man on the moon and sequence the human genome, we should be able to devise something close…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-singer/if-we-can-put-a-man-on-the-moon-and-sequence-the-human-genome-we/)

[Peter Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-singer/)

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> [One of the big challenges now is to figure out just how many viruses there really are in the human genome. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-zimmer/one-of-the-big-challenges-now-is-to-figure-out-just-how-many-viruses/)

[Carl Zimmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-zimmer/)

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> [“What if we could somehow package the human genome in tiny capsules and send millions of them into space in hopes one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/what-if-we-could-somehow-package-the-human-genome-in-tiny-capsules/)

[Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/)

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> [How did we cure polio, smallpox and send a man to the moon? How did we decode the human genome in just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cuomo/how-did-we-cure-polio-smallpox-and-send-a-man-to-the-moon-how-did-we/)

[Margaret Cuomo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cuomo/)

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> [The overall view of the human genome project has been one of great excitement and positive press, but there are people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-overall-view-of-the-human-genome-project-has-been-one-of-great/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [We share half our genes with the banana. \[After the announcement Jun 2000 that a working draft of the genetic sequence of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-may-baron-may-of-oxford/we-share-half-our-genes-with-the-banana-after-the-announcement-jun/)

[Robert May, Baron May of Oxford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-may-baron-may-of-oxford/)

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> [“In 1977, when Fred Sanger had sequenced the genome of the phiX virus, with 5,386 bases of DNA, that number represented the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siddhartha-mukherjee/in-1977-when-fred-sanger-had-sequenced-the-genome-of-the-phix-virus/)

[Siddhartha Mukherjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siddhartha-mukherjee/)

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> [The human genome will not help us to understand the spiritual side of humankind, or to know who God is or what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-collins/the-human-genome-will-not-help-us-to-understand-the-spiritual-side-of/)

[Francis Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-collins/)

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> [“Well, the human genome has massive redundancy - that means that two per cent of the DNA does all the work of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcdonald/well-the-human-genome-has-massive-redundancy-that-means-that-two-per/)

[Ian McDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcdonald/)

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> [As was predicted at the beginning of the Human Genome Project, getting the sequence will be the easy part as only technical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/as-was-predicted-at-the-beginning-of-the-human-genome-project-getting/)

[Sydney Brenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-brenner/)

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> [About 1.2% of the human genome is made up of genes, things that encode for proteins, the stuff that we consider us.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-zimmer/about-1-2-of-the-human-genome-is-made-up-of-genes-things-that-encode/)

[Carl Zimmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-zimmer/)

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> [“The structure of the human genome can thus be likened to a sentence that reads- This…is the…str...uc…ture...,,,...of...your...(...gen...ome...)... - where the words correspond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siddhartha-mukherjee/the-structure-of-the-human-genome-can-thus-be-likened-to-a-sentence/)

[Siddhartha Mukherjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siddhartha-mukherjee/)

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> [The involvement of clinicians, researchers, and, most importantly, the thousands of people who have donated DNA samples will help us to correlate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-walport/the-involvement-of-clinicians-researchers-and-most-importantly-the/)

[Mark Walport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-walport/)

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> [ \[Decoding the human genome sequence\] is the most significant undertaking that we have mounted so far in an organized way in all… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-collins/decoding-the-human-genome-sequence-is-the-most-significant/)

[Francis Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-collins/)

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> [“Far from being a homogenous "Big Science," biotechnology is highly diversified and heterogeneous. "The" human genome is not a single database, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eduardo-kac/far-from-being-a-homogenous-big-science-biotechnology-is-highly/)

[Eduardo Kac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eduardo-kac/)

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> [Ours is not a dumb species. We have put a man on the moon. We have unlocked the secrets of the human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neale-donald-walsch/ours-is-not-a-dumb-species-we-have-put-a-man-on-the-moon-we-have/)

[Neale Donald Walsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neale-donald-walsch/)

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> [“It is encrusted with history. Embedded within it are peculiar fragments of DNA-some derived from ancient viruses-that were inserted into the genome…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siddhartha-mukherjee/it-is-encrusted-with-history-embedded-within-it-are-peculiar/)

[Siddhartha Mukherjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siddhartha-mukherjee/)

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> [“Science has discovered that, like any work of literature, the human genome is a text in need of commentary, for what Eliot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonah-lehrer/science-has-discovered-that-like-any-work-of-literature-the-human/)

[Jonah Lehrer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonah-lehrer/)

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> [“As the leader of the international Human Genome Project, which had labored mightily over more than a decade to reveal this DNA…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-s-collins/as-the-leader-of-the-international-human-genome-project-which-had/)

[Francis S. Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-s-collins/)

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> [“Consider this: the human genome codes for about 1,500 different TFs, contains 4,000,000 TF-binding sites, and the average cell uses about 200,000…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-sapolsky/consider-this-the-human-genome-codes-for-about-1-500-different-tfs/)

[Robert M. Sapolsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-sapolsky/)

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> [The human genome contains so much data that, it has been calculated, it would fill 43 volumes of Webster's International Dictionary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-mcgilchrist/the-human-genome-contains-so-much-data-that-it-has-been-calculated-it/)

[Iain McGilchrist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-mcgilchrist/)

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> [I would only once have the opportunity to let my scientific career encompass a path from the double helix to the three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-d-watson/i-would-only-once-have-the-opportunity-to-let-my-scientific-career/)

[James D. Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-d-watson/)

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> [One of the good things about the public Human Genome Project is that the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Institutes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juan-enriquez/one-of-the-good-things-about-the-public-human-genome-project-is-that/)

[Juan Enriquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juan-enriquez/)

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> [Eventually we'll be able to sequence the human genome and replicate how nature did intelligence in a carbon-based system.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/eventually-we-ll-be-able-to-sequence-the-human-genome-and-replicate/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [The convergence of information technology and biology allows scientists to translate the human genome into digital data that can accelerate diagnoses and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-gottlieb/the-convergence-of-information-technology-and-biology-allows/)

[Scott Gottlieb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-gottlieb/)

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> [We are here to celebrate the completion of the first survey of the entire human genome. Without a doubt, this is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/we-are-here-to-celebrate-the-completion-of-the-first-survey-of-the/)

[William J. Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-clinton/)

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> [If you're looking for your own idea of your own identity you know the human genome may not be the best place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-zimmer/if-you-re-looking-for-your-own-idea-of-your-own-identity-you-know-the/)

[Carl Zimmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-zimmer/)

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> [Darwin talks about evolution, but he doesn't say how it started. Maybe the sense of mystery will dissolve in the face of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melvyn-bragg/darwin-talks-about-evolution-but-he-doesn-t-say-how-it-started-maybe/)

[Melvyn Bragg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melvyn-bragg/)

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> [Consider: The human genome consists of about 3.3 billion base pairs. Since there are only four types of pair, that amounts to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-shostak/consider-the-human-genome-consists-of-about-3-3-billion-base-pairs/)

[Seth Shostak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-shostak/)

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> [As a Christian, but also as a scientist responsible for overseeing the Human Genome Project, one of my concerns has been the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-collins/as-a-christian-but-also-as-a-scientist-responsible-for-overseeing-the/)

[Francis Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-collins/)

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