Robert Waterston
Robert Waterston
Robert Hugh "Bob" Waterston MD, PhD,is an American biologist. He is best known for his work on the Human Genome Project, for which he was a pioneer along with John Sulston...
address comparing help question specific suited teach
Chimpanzees are especially suited to teach us about ourselves. Comparing the genomes will help us address the question of the specific things that make us human.
stunning
It's going to tell us important things about who we are and what we are -- medically, socially, and so forth. It's a pretty stunning achievement.
darwin hoping ideas imagine stronger
I can't imagine Darwin hoping for a stronger confirmation of his ideas.
compare darwin hoping human ideas imagine stronger
I couldn't imagine Darwin hoping for a stronger confirmation of his ideas than what we see when we compare the human and chimp genomes.