因为如果没有图谱，每个研究者为了他或他的研究，可能会花费一生的时间来搜集完整的基因表达数据。

Without the atlas each researcher could spend a lifetime trying to gather complete gene-expression data for his or her work.

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“唯一表达合胞体蛋白的地方是胎盘，”海德曼博士说，为了弄清楚它的功能，他及其同事在老鼠上沉默了该基因。

"The only place it's expressed is in the placenta," Dr. Heidmann said. To understand its function, he and his colleagues disabled the gene in mice.

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为了表达歉意，他带妻子去商场买了那双鞋和iPad。

To show remorse, he took his wife to the mall and bought her the shoes — and an iPad.

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