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Opinion Beenomes to Bombyx: future directions in applied insect genomics Jay D Evans* and Dawn Gundersen-Rindal? Addresses: *USDA-ARS Bee Research Lab and ?USDA-ARS Insect Biocontrol Lab, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA. Correspondence: Jay D Evans. E-mail: evansj@ Published: 26 February 2003 Genome Biology 2003, 4:107 The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at /2003/4/3/107 ? 2003 BioMed Central Ltd Abstract The recent sequencing of the Anopheles gambiae genome showcases the genetic breadth of insects and a trend towards sequencing organisms directly