The Human's Place In The

Why Do We Do Basic Research? To Learn About Ourselves.

Today We Try To Identify A Gene And Then Study Its Properties.

We Haven't Been Able Yet To Determine In Terms Of Genes What Makes A Human Being A Human And Not Another Mammal.

Three Billion Bases Of Dna Sequence Can Be Put On A Single Compact Disc And One Will Be Able To Pull A Cd Out Of One's Pocket And Say, 'here Is A Human Being; It's Me!'

Biology Will Relate Every Human Gene To The Genes Of Other Animals And Bacteria, To This Great Chain Of Being.