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Re:First draft of the “tree of life” for the 2.3M named orga... by skybrian on Saturday September 19, 2015 @07:08PM (#10245863)
"GenBank contains DNA sequences for ∼411,000 species, only 22% of estimated named species."

Only? That seems like a pretty good start.

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Re:First draft of the “tree of life” for the 2.3M named orga... by tsotha on Sunday September 20, 2015 @12:00AM (#10246513)
Yes, but... there are still an estimated 8.7 million unnamed species out there.
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