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First Complete Viral Genome

Belgium · Science / Technology. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1976

Walter Fiers1976

Ghent · Science / Technology

Completes the nucleotide sequence of an entire RNA virus genome.

Names involved

Walter Fiers

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