Ferguson-Smith M A
Department of Pathology, Cambridge University, United Kingdom.
FASEB J. 1991 Jan;5(1):61-5. doi: 10.1096/fasebj.5.1.1991586.
In the history of gene mapping, which extends through most of the present century, Europe has played an important role. This has continued during the evolution of the 10 International Human Gene Mapping Workshops that have been held in seven different countries since 1973. Nationally coordinated programs have been a recent development, and several European countries, including the United Kingdom and Italy, have followed the lead of the United States in investing substantial sums of money in research on the human genome. In addition, the European Community has launched a multinational program of research on Human Genome Analysis to complement the various national initiatives. The particular approach in Europe has been to support those in the field by establishing resource centers for distributing biomaterials and accessing databases, by assisting in the training of scientists, and by funding programs of research directed at present needs in both physical and genetic mapping.
在贯穿本世纪大部分时间的基因图谱绘制历史中，欧洲发挥了重要作用。自1973年以来在七个不同国家举办的10次国际人类基因图谱研讨会上，这种情况一直在持续。国家协调项目是最近才发展起来的，包括英国和意大利在内的几个欧洲国家已效仿美国，投入大量资金进行人类基因组研究。此外，欧洲共同体已启动一项人类基因组分析跨国研究计划，以补充各国的各种举措。欧洲的具体做法是，通过建立生物材料分发和数据库访问资源中心、协助科学家培训以及资助针对物理图谱和遗传图谱当前需求的研究项目，来支持该领域的研究人员。
