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Soon enough, scientists say, we will all be able to decipher our own genomes — the six billion letters of genetic code containing the complete inventory of the traits we inherited from our parents — for as little as $1,000....

“You can imagine a family who won’t let someone marry their daughter until they examined her prospective husband’s genome,” Dr. Watson suggested at a news conference on Thursday. “You’ll want to know what your mate is going to have.”

Link: 6 Billion Bits of Data About Me, Me, Me! - New York Times