Neuroscience in the post-genome era: an overview

Although sequencing of the human genome has been taking place in rapidly ac celerating fashion for yea rs, the presentation of the entire sequence (to a first approximation, anyway) has now permitted a global view of its struc ture. The completion of the sequence has therefore invited all manner of ae sthetic, philosophical, societal - as well as biological - discussions of i ts implications. This global view of the genome will undoubtedly forever ch ange the face of biology. But how? Here are a few perspectives from the poi nt of view of neuroscience.