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132000Volume 13, Issue7September 2000

Presidential Column

Robert Bjork
Robert A. Bjork
University of California, Los Angeles
APS President 2000 - 2001
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Psychology in a Post-Genomics

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  • Psychology in a Post-Genomics

    The draft DNA sequence of the human genome was announced in June 2000, two years ahead of schedule. Some party-poopers grumble that the four nucleotide letters that constitute the DNA alphabet are not GATC, but HYPE. They complain that the DNA sequence by itself does not tell us how we can begin life as a single fertilized cell and end up with trillions of cells containing the same DNA but expressing different genes. It doesn't cure any diseases. It is true that sequencing the human genome is just a first step towards understanding how genes work. But it is a giant step. It will greatly speed up the pace of discovery in genetics, even though the current pace makes your head spin. We will soon be in a post-genomics world in which all genes and all DNA variability are known.