articles sequence contributed, with a partial list of personnel. A full list of Gerald Nyakatura'2, Stefan Taudien"2& Andreas Rump'2 contributors at each centre is available as Supplementary Information Beijing Genomics Institute/Human Genome Center Huanming Yang 3, Jun Yu, Jian Wang 3, Guyang Huang Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Center for Genome Jun Gu'5 Research: Eric S Lander Lauren m. linton Bruce Birren Chad Nusbaum, Michael C Zody,, Jennifer Baldwin Multimegabase Sequencing Center, The Institute for Syst Keri Devon, Ken Dewar, Michael Doyle, william FitzHugh*, Lee Rowen, Anup Madan& Shizen Qin Roel Funke, Diane Gage, Katrina Harris, Andrew Heaford John Howland, Lisa Kann, Jessica Lehoczky, Rosie Levine Stanford Genome Technology Center: Ronald W. Davis" Paul McEwan, Kevin McKernan, James Meldrim, Jill P. Mesiroy , Nancy A Federspiel ", A Pia Abola"&Mi Cher Miranda, William Morris', Jerome Naylor Christina Raymond, Mark Rosetti, Ralph Santos' Stanford Human Genome Center: Richard M. Myers Andrew Sheridan, Carrie Sougnez, Nicole Stange-Thomann' Jeremy Schmutz, Mark Dickson, Jane Grimwood David R cox18 Nikola Stojanovic, Aravind Subramanian dudley WymaN University of Washington Genome Center: Maynard V. Olson The Sanger Centre: Jane Rogers, John Sulston?2 Rajinder Kaul& Christopher Raymor Rachael Ainscough, Stephan Beck, David Bentley, John Burton, Department of Molecular Biology, Keio University School of Christopher Clee, Nigel Carter, Alan Coulson Medicine: Nobuyoshi Shimizu Kazuhiko Kawasaki Rebecca Deadman Panos Deloukas Andrew Dunham shinsei minoshima lan Dunham, Richard Durbin*, Lisa French, Darren Grafham Simon Gregory, Tim Hubbard, Sean Humphray, Adrienne Hunt, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas: Matthew Jones, Christine Lloyd, Amanda McMurray? Glen A. Evans2t, Maria Athanasiou& Roger Schultz Lucy Matthews, Simon Mercer?, Sarah Milne, James C Mullikin+ Andrew Mungall, Robert Plumb, Mark Ross Ratna Shownkeen University of Oklahoma,'s Advanced Center for Genor sarah Sims Technology: Bruce A Roe, Feng Chen"& Huaqin Pan Washington University Genome Sequencing Center: Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics: Juliane ramser Robert H. Waterston , Richard K, Wilson LaDeana W Hillier. Hans Lehrach2& Richard Reinhardt 3 John D. McPherson. Marco A Marra. Elaine R. Mardis Lucinda A. Fulton, Asif T. Chinwalla, Kymberlie H. Pepin Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Lita Annenberg Hazen Genome Warren R. Gish, Stephanie L. Chissoe, Michael C Wendl Center: W. Richard Mc Combie Melissa de la Bastide KimD. Delehaunty Tracie L Miner, Andrew Delehaunty' Neilay Dedhia Jason B. Kramer Lisa L Cook. Robert S Fulton Douglas L Johnson, Patrick J Minx&Sandra W. Clifton GBF-German Research Centre for Biotechnology Helmut blocker 5 Klaus hornischer25 Gabriele nordsiek25 US DOE Joint Genome Institute: Trevor Hawkins Elbert Branscomb", Paul Predki, Paul Richardson, Genome Analysis Group(listed in alphabetical order, also includes individuals listed under other headings): Sarah Wenning, Tom Slezak, Norman Doggetr, Jan-Fang Cheng, Richa Agarwala26, L. Aravind26, Jeffrey A Bai Anne Olsen, Susan Lucas, Christopher Elkin Edward Uberbacher& Marvin frazier Serafim Batzoglou, Ewan Bimey, Peer Bork230,DanielGBrown Christopher B Burge, Lorenzo Cerutti, Hsiu-Chuan Chen Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center: Deanna Church Michele Clamp?, Richard R. Copley2o0 Richard A. Gibbs5. Donna M. mur Steven e schi Tobias Doerks29,30, Sean R. Eddy, Evan E Eichler, JohnB.Bouck+, Erica J.Sodergren, Kim C. Worley., Catherine M. Terrence S Furey, James Galagan James G.R. Gilbert gs Susan L. Naylor, Raju S Kucherlapati, David L. Nelson Henning Hermjakob, Karsten Hokamp 7, Wonhee Jang L Steven Johnson 2. Thomas A. Jones32 Simon Kasit a Arek Kaspryzk, Scot Kennedy, W. James Kent, Paul Kitts Eugene V Koonin, lan Korf, David Kulp, Doron Lancet Todd M. Lowe", Aoife McLysaght, Tarjei Mikkelsen John V moral cola mulder victor j. pollara Chris P. Ponting", Greg Schuler, Jorg Schultz o, Guy Slater rian F A Smit", Elia Stupka2, Joseph Szustakowki38, Roland o pe and CNRS UMR-8030: Jean Weissenbach"( Danielle Thierry-Mieg26, Jean Thierry-Mieg2, Lukas Wagner Roland Heilig", William Saurin, Francois Artiguenave John Wallis, Raymond Wheeler Alan Williams, Yuri L Wolf Philippe Brottier, Thomas Bruls", Eric Pelletier KennethH. Wolfe", Shiaw-Pyng Yang Ru-Fang Yeh 1 Catherine Roberto Patrick Wincker10 Scientific management: National Human Genome Research GTC Sequencing Center: Douglas R Smith Institute, US National institutes of Health: francis collins Lynn Doucette-Stamm", Marc Rubenfiel Keith Weinstock, Mark S. Guyer Jane Peterson", Adam Felsenfeld Hong Mei Lee"& JoAnn Dubois"1 Kris A. Wetterstrand"; Office of Science, US Department of Energy: Aristides Patrinos"; The Wellcome Trust: Michael J. Department of Genome Analysis, Institute of Molecular NatuRevOl409115FeBruAry2001www.nature.com A@2001 Macmillan Magazines Ltdarticles NATURE | VOL 409 | 15 FEBRUARY 2001 | www.nature.com 861 Genome Sequencing Centres (Listed in order of total genomic sequence contributed, with a partial list of personnel. A full list of contributors at each centre is available as Supplementary Information.) Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Center for Genome Research: Eric S. Lander1 *, Lauren M. Linton1 , Bruce Birren1 *, Chad Nusbaum1 *, Michael C. Zody1 *, Jennifer Baldwin1 , Keri Devon1 , Ken Dewar1 , Michael Doyle1 , William FitzHugh1 *, Roel Funke1 , Diane Gage1 , Katrina Harris1 , Andrew Heaford1 , John Howland1 , Lisa Kann1 , Jessica Lehoczky1 , Rosie LeVine1 , Paul McEwan1 , Kevin McKernan1 , James Meldrim1 , Jill P. Mesirov1 *, Cher Miranda1 , William Morris1 , Jerome Naylor1 , Christina Raymond1 , Mark Rosetti1 , Ralph Santos1 , Andrew Sheridan1 , Carrie Sougnez1 , Nicole Stange-Thomann1 , Nikola Stojanovic1 , Aravind Subramanian1 & Dudley Wyman1 The Sanger Centre: Jane Rogers2 , John Sulston2 *, Rachael Ainscough2 , Stephan Beck2 , David Bentley2 , John Burton2 , Christopher Clee2 , Nigel Carter2 , Alan Coulson2 , Rebecca Deadman2 , Panos Deloukas2 , Andrew Dunham2 , Ian Dunham2 , Richard Durbin2 *, Lisa French2 , Darren Grafham2 , Simon Gregory2 , Tim Hubbard2 *, Sean Humphray2 , Adrienne Hunt2 , Matthew Jones2 , Christine Lloyd2 , Amanda McMurray2 , Lucy Matthews2 , Simon Mercer2 , Sarah Milne2 , James C. Mullikin2 *, Andrew Mungall2 , Robert Plumb2 , Mark Ross2 , Ratna Shownkeen2 & Sarah Sims2 Washington University Genome Sequencing Center: Robert H. Waterston3 *, Richard K. Wilson3 , LaDeana W. Hillier3 *, John D. McPherson3 , Marco A. Marra3 , Elaine R. Mardis3 , Lucinda A. Fulton3 , Asif T. Chinwalla3 *, Kymberlie H. Pepin3 , Warren R. Gish3 , Stephanie L. Chissoe3 , Michael C. Wendl3 , Kim D. Delehaunty3 , Tracie L. Miner3 , Andrew Delehaunty3 , Jason B. Kramer3 , Lisa L. Cook3 , Robert S. Fulton3 , Douglas L. Johnson3 , Patrick J. Minx3 & Sandra W. Clifton3 US DOE Joint Genome Institute: Trevor Hawkins4 , Elbert Branscomb4 , Paul Predki4 , Paul Richardson4 , Sarah Wenning4 , Tom Slezak4 , Norman Doggett4 , Jan-Fang Cheng4 , Anne Olsen4 , Susan Lucas4 , Christopher Elkin4 , Edward Uberbacher4 & Marvin Frazier4 Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center: Richard A. Gibbs5 *, Donna M. Muzny5 , Steven E. Scherer5 , John B. Bouck5 *, Erica J. Sodergren5 , Kim C. Worley5 *, Catherine M. Rives5 , James H. Gorrell5 , Michael L. Metzker5 , Susan L. Naylor6 , Raju S. Kucherlapati7 , David L. Nelson, & George M. Weinstock8 RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center: Yoshiyuki Sakaki9 , Asao Fujiyama9 , Masahira Hattori9 , Tetsushi Yada9 , Atsushi Toyoda9 , Takehiko Itoh9 , Chiharu Kawagoe9 , Hidemi Watanabe9 , Yasushi Totoki9 & Todd Taylor9 Genoscope and CNRS UMR-8030: Jean Weissenbach10, Roland Heilig10, William Saurin10, Francois Artiguenave10, Philippe Brottier10, Thomas Bruls10, Eric Pelletier10, Catherine Robert10 & Patrick Wincker10 GTC Sequencing Center: Douglas R. Smith11, Lynn Doucette-Stamm11, Marc Ruben®eld11, Keith Weinstock11, Hong Mei Lee11 & JoAnn Dubois11 Department of Genome Analysis, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology: Andre Rosenthal12, Matthias Platzer12, Gerald Nyakatura12, Stefan Taudien12 & Andreas Rump12 Beijing Genomics Institute/Human Genome Center: Huanming Yang13, Jun Yu13, Jian Wang13, Guyang Huang14 & Jun Gu15 Multimegabase Sequencing Center, The Institute for Systems Biology: Leroy Hood16, Lee Rowen16, Anup Madan16 & Shizen Qin16 Stanford Genome Technology Center: Ronald W. Davis17, Nancy A. Federspiel17, A. Pia Abola17 & Michael J. Proctor17 Stanford Human Genome Center: Richard M. Myers18, Jeremy Schmutz18, Mark Dickson18, Jane Grimwood18 & David R. Cox18 University of Washington Genome Center: Maynard V. Olson19, Rajinder Kaul19 & Christopher Raymond19 Department of Molecular Biology, Keio University School of Medicine: Nobuyoshi Shimizu20, Kazuhiko Kawasaki20 & Shinsei Minoshima20 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas: Glen A. Evans21², Maria Athanasiou21 & Roger Schultz21 University of Oklahoma's Advanced Center for Genome Technology: Bruce A. Roe22, Feng Chen22 & Huaqin Pan22 Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics: Juliane Ramser23, Hans Lehrach23 & Richard Reinhardt23 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Lita Annenberg Hazen Genome Center: W. Richard McCombie24, Melissa de la Bastide24 & Neilay Dedhia24 GBFÐGerman Research Centre for Biotechnology: Helmut BloÈ cker25, Klaus Hornischer25 & Gabriele Nordsiek25 * Genome Analysis Group (listed in alphabetical order, also includes individuals listed under other headings): Richa Agarwala26, L. Aravind26, Jeffrey A. Bailey27, Alex Bateman2 , Sera®m Batzoglou1 , Ewan Birney28, Peer Bork29,30, Daniel G. Brown1 , Christopher B. Burge31, Lorenzo Cerutti28, Hsiu-Chuan Chen26, Deanna Church26, Michele Clamp2 , Richard R. Copley30, Tobias Doerks29,30, Sean R. Eddy32, Evan E. Eichler27, Terrence S. Furey33, James Galagan1 , James G. R. Gilbert2 , Cyrus Harmon34, Yoshihide Hayashizaki35, David Haussler36, Henning Hermjakob28, Karsten Hokamp37, Wonhee Jang26, L. Steven Johnson32, Thomas A. Jones32, Simon Kasif38, Arek Kaspryzk28, Scot Kennedy39, W. James Kent40, Paul Kitts26, Eugene V. Koonin26, Ian Korf3 , David Kulp34, Doron Lancet41, Todd M. Lowe42, Aoife McLysaght37, Tarjei Mikkelsen38, John V. Moran43, Nicola Mulder28, Victor J. Pollara1 , Chris P. Ponting44, Greg Schuler26, JoÈrg Schultz30, Guy Slater28, Arian F. A. Smit45, Elia Stupka28, Joseph Szustakowki38, Danielle Thierry-Mieg26, Jean Thierry-Mieg26, Lukas Wagner26, John Wallis3 , Raymond Wheeler34, Alan Williams34, Yuri I. Wolf26, Kenneth H. Wolfe37, Shiaw-Pyng Yang3 & Ru-Fang Yeh31 Scienti®c management: National Human Genome Research Institute, US National Institutes of Health: Francis Collins46*, Mark S. Guyer46, Jane Peterson46, Adam Felsenfeld46* & Kris A. Wetterstrand46; Of®ce of Science, US Department of Energy: Aristides Patrinos47; The Wellcome Trust: Michael J. Morgan48 © 2001 Macmillan Magazines Ltd