Hsiao Kwang-jen compares gene sequencing to taking a satellite photo of the Earth. The genetic map serves as a tool, but the objective for scientists is to decipher the information contained therein, and pinpoint the connection between particular genes and particular diseases.
蕭廣仁表示，基因體定序只是畫出染色體上所有的圖譜，但此一圖譜有如在人造衛星上看地球，還是天書一本，必須以基因圖譜為工具，進一步解開其中內藏的資訊與疾病的關連才是科學家研究基因的目的。