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J. CRAIG VENTNER
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• J. CRAIG VENTNER (noun)
The noun J. CRAIG VENTNER has 1 sense:
1. United States geneticist who published the complete base sequences for all the genes of a free-living organism, the influenza bacterium; later led team that developed a first draft of the entire human genome (born in 1946)
Familiarity information: J. CRAIG VENTNER used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States geneticist who published the complete base sequences for all the genes of a free-living organism, the influenza bacterium; later led team that developed a first draft of the entire human genome (born in 1946)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Craig Ventner; J. Craig Ventner; Ventner
Instance hypernyms:
geneticist (a biologist who specializes in genetics)
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