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Don’t rush rules for sharing digital genetic-sequence information

Samples of Colombia’s plant and animal species are housed at the Alexander von Humboldt Biological Resources Research Institute in Bogota. How to equitably share the benefits of digital genetic-sequence information relating to such samples remains unresolved.Credit: Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Next week, national delegates, including scientists, will meet in Cali, Colombia, for the United Nations COP16 meeting […]