" Far from being a homogenous "Big Science," biotechnology is highly diversified and heterogeneous. "The" human genome is not a single database, but a cluster of semi-autonomous databases housed at universities, biotech companies, and independent research institutes. In fact, because any computer user can, if he or she wishes, download the entire genome, "the" human genome is probably more distributed than we can guess.

From: "Open source DNA and Bioinformatic Bodies" by Eugene Thacker "

― , Signs of Life: Bio Art and Beyond