Stratton of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, both of whom recorded 13 Hot Papers in 2011.

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Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute director Prof Mike Stratton said the results were "remarkable" and would "stand as a foundation stone for human biology for many years".

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"It's a sobering finding, " said Andrew Futreal, a co-author of the study who until recently was director of cancer genetics and genomics at Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in London.

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Professor Mike Stratton, of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, said that insights into harmful genes on the X chromosome might allow scientists to intervene to prevent the onset of mental retardation.

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That was anathema to Dr Collins and his British counterpart, John Sulston (who was head of the Wellcome Trust's Sanger Centre, now known as the Sanger Institute, which did about a third of the public project), who wanted genes to be public goods and started racing Celera to stop the firm finding genes first.

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