人类的基因组包含有大约3万～4万个基因,犹如一本生命的百科全书,里面记载着生命的全部奥秘。目前,它已由美、日、德、法、英和我国科学家共同绘制完毕。科学家们接下来的工作就是要把这本无字的生命“天书”破译为有字的“天书”。这项工作的艰巨,如科学家比喻的那样;正象在火星上用 The human genome contains about 30,000 ~ 40,000 genes, like a life encyclopedia, which records the full mystery of life. At present, it has been completed jointly by scientists from the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Britain and China. The next task for scientists is to decipher the untitled word “The Book of Heaven” into the “Book of the Word” with the word. The arduous task, as the scientists have compared, is just like using Mars