Martienssen R, Irish V
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA.
Trends Genet. 1999 Nov;15(11):435-7. doi: 10.1016/s0168-9525(99)01833-8.
The complete sequence of the Arabidopsis genome is scheduled to be determined by the end of the year 2000. While this goal could prove to be something of a moving target (the estimated size of the genome has grown from 120 Mb to 130 Mb over the last year1), it is clear that the majority of genes required for higher plant growth, reproduction and development will have been described within this time frame. Some of the implications of this landmark achievement are already becoming clear, even though less than a half of the genome has been sequenced.
拟南芥基因组的完整序列计划在2000年底测定。虽然这一目标可能会成为一个不断变动的目标（在过去一年中，基因组的估计大小已从120兆碱基增长到130兆碱基1），但很明显，高等植物生长、繁殖和发育所需的大多数基因将在这一时间框架内得到描述。尽管测序的基因组还不到一半，但这一里程碑式成就的一些影响已经清晰可见。
