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Bookmark or Share- The Human Genome Project - NatureThe signature aim of the Human Genome Project (HGP), which was launched in 1990, was to sequence the 3 billion bases of the human genome. Additional goals included the generation of physical...
- Human Genome Project Fact SheetThe Human Genome Project was a landmark global scientific effort whose signature goal was to generate the first sequence of the human genome. In 2003, the Human Genome Project produced a genome sequence that accounted for over 90% of the human genome.
- Human genome - WikipediaThe human genome is a complete set of nucleic acid sequences for humans, encoded as the DNA within each of the 24 distinct chromosomes in the cell nucleus. A small DNA molecule is found within individual mitochondria.
- A Brief Guide to Genomics - National Human Genome Research InstituteVirtually every single cell in the body contains a complete copy of the approximately 3 billion DNA base pairs, or letters, that make up the human genome. With its four-letter language, DNA contains the information needed to build the entire human body.
- The Human Genome ProjectThe Human Genome Project (HGP) is one of the greatest scientific feats in history. The project was a voyage of biological discovery led by an international group of researchers looking to comprehensively study all of the DNA (known as a genome) of a select set of organisms.
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