A strategy for sequencing the genome 5 years early

In meetings over the past 6 weeks, two respected gene sequencers have been delivering the message that the chief goal of the Human Genome Project - obtaining a complete sequence of the 3 billion bases in human DNA - can be achieved as early as 2001, 5 years ahead of schedule. This assumes a basic shift from mapping to sequencing. The interest in and controversy surrounding this announcement are discussed in this article.