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TIGR Collaborates with Universities of California, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Cornell on Potato Disease Project
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Research to Focus in Heart, Lung, Blood and Sleep Disorders
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Countdown to GSAC 2000
World's Leading Genomic Researchers Convene at 12th International Genome Sequencing and Analysis Conference
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TIGR releases version 2.0 of TIGR Assembler
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TIGR Completes Sequencing of 19th AND 20th Genomes and Chromosomes
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