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The Seattle Times 
Monday February 12 03:00 AM EST

Race gene does not exist, say scientists 

      by Eric Sorensen, Seattle Times science reporter

The human genome, to be published in nearly complete form this week in the 
journals Nature and Science, stands to cure cancer, prevent mental illness, 
and even, as one local researcher joked, locate the "don't-ask-for-directions 
gene" on the Y chromosome unique to men.

But billions of pieces of genetic code sequenced thus far are notable for what 
they don't appear to contain: a genetic test to tell one race of people from 
another.

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