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      Names: DeSalle, Rob, author. | Yudell, Michael, author.

      Title: Welcome to the genome : a user’s guide to the genetic past, present, and future / by Rob DeSalle, Michael Yudell.

      Description: Second edition. | Hoboken, NJ : Wiley‐Blackwell, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2019053496 (print) | LCCN 2019053497 (ebook) | ISBN 9781118107652 (paperback) | ISBN 9781118750315 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781118750308 (epub)

      Subjects: MESH: Genome, Human | Genomics | Popular Work

      Classification: LCC QH447 (print) | LCC QH447 (ebook) | NLM QU 460 | DDC 611/.01816–dc23

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We would like to dedicate this book to the Cullman and Korein families,who over the past two decades have generously supported and continue to supportthe expansion of modern genomics at the American Museum of Natural History.