Open AccessOpening Speech
Author(s) -
A. A. Sfeir
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
al-raida
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2226-4841
pISSN - 0259-9953
DOI - 10.32380/alrj.v0i0.228
Subject(s) - race (biology) , ethnic group , code (set theory) , genealogy , psychology , sociology , computer science , history , anthropology , gender studies , set (abstract data type) , programming language
Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends and colleagues, A couple of years ago the decoding of the human genome was completed. The number of human genes turned out to be one third of what was anticipated and it was also foundthat an infinitesimal part of this code differs between one person and another, irrespective of gender, race, ethnicity, and geographical location.1 This rather surprising discovery led many scientists to recognize that humans are much lesscoded than we initially thought, and that in itself may well be the secret behind intelligence and the development of mankind.