| Date | May 10, 2000 – May 30, 2003 |
|---|---|
| Duration | 3 years and 20 days |
| Venue | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Ensembl genome database project |
| Location | Global |
| Type | Sweepstake Scientific wager |
| Theme | Genetics Genomics |
| Motive | Estimating total number of genes in the human genome |
| Organised by | Ewan Birney David Stewart |
| Participants | 460 bets[1] |
| Awards | $1,200 prize |
| Website | www |
GeneSweep or Gene Sweepstake was a sweepstake and scientific wager for scientists to bet on the total number of genes in the human genome.[3][4][5][6][7][8] The sweepstake was started at a Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory conference in 2000.[2][9][10][11][12] Initially, bets could be placed for $1, which was raised to $5 in 2001 and to $20 in 2002.[2] The cost of placing a bet increased significantly because later participants were expected to have much more accurate information available to inform their guesses.[13] By May 23, 2000, 228 bets had been placed, with the average number of predicted genes among them being 62,598.[14]
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- ^ Pennisi, Elizabeth (2003). "Bioinformatics: Gene Counters Struggle to Get the Right Answer". Science. 301 (5636): 1040–1041. doi:10.1126/science.301.5636.1040. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 12933991. S2CID 5227212.
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- ^ Harris, Richard F. (2000). "The gene pool". Current Biology. 10 (14): R506. Bibcode:2000CBio...10.R506H. doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00590-X. ISSN 0960-9822. PMID 10899015. S2CID 20616324.
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