1.   If a gene maps within the duplication, it may well have a highly related counterpart on the opposite side of the centromere.

2.   And the trees based on other genes show different maps that do not agree with the ribosomal RNA map.

3.   Armed with the new gene map, Weinstock hopes to examine pre-Columbian mummies in Latin America for traces of DNA to finally answer the question of origin.

4.   But new gene maps are opening up hundreds of new targets for research.

5.   But the gene map is only data.

6.   Fish scientists are hindered by a lack of even a crude gene map for the fish, a way of sorting out one bit of piscine DNA from another.

7.   The two leaders issued a statement promising that public labs would continue to make gene maps freely available, while agreeing that private firms can continue to patent genes.

8.   A report on the new gene map will be published Friday in the journal Science.

9.   Experts said the new gene map eventually will enable researchers to more effectively detect and treat syphilis.

10.   Like most genetic discoveries, the new plague gene map is widely available to scientists.