John says:

"I first started collecting Twiglets like this over four years ago. About one packet in every 20 has a pair of fused Twiglets that look just like a metaphase chromosome. You have to eat a lot of Twiglets to collect the entire genome.

The most difficult part was finding the range of sizes. But I can assure you that there has been no foul play here - these Twiglets are exactly as I found them - I wasn't tempted to nibble the ends off them, you know.

The best thing of course was beating The Wellcome Trust to the genome, not to mention Celera Genomics. And my Genome Project cost a fraction of the vast sums they spent on theirs."

John Schollar, NCBE

Editor's note:
Twiglets are small savoury biscuits, usually flavoured with yeast extract, that can be bought in the UK.