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The article focuses on the role of map metaphor in the presentation of the first draft of human genome at the 2000 press conference in the U.S. It presents an analysis of conflicting metaphors associated with the Human Genome Project (HGP) as established during the conference. It states that the map has earned adoration from the religious metaphoric clusters. Moreover, it discusses the Lewis and Clark map which focuses on the physical properties of the landscape such as rivers and mountains.