20 Years of Human Genome Sequencing

A mosaic illustration picturing a pregnant woman with a baby made out of microbes. Created for the cover of Science magazine.

You can read a detailed description of this project in this article by Chrystal Smith titled "Celebrating Human Genome Sequencing".

Two drafts of the human genome were published in February 2001: the public project's in Nature and Celera's in Science. This cover marks the 20th anniversary; the baby is made of microbes.

Human genome mosaic celebrating the 20th anniversary of this important scientific discovery.