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A visitor views a digital representation of the human genome in August 2001 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
A visitor views a digital representation of the human genome in August 2001 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
By Jared Leone
March 11, 2017

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