Human Genome Project Definition

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An international scientific research project that was conducted between 1990 and 2003 to determine the base-pair sequences in human DNA and to store this information in computer databases for the subsequent identification and analysis of genes and other features of the genome.
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(genetics) An organized international scientific endeavour to determine the complete structure of human genetic material (DNA), identify all the genes, and to understand their function.

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  • The implications of the human genome project on genetic susceptibility testing for disease.

  • If we look at style as an organism, style-markers are its genetic material - making this project analogous to the human genome project.

  • James Watson seduced the public into spending billions on the human genome project by promising to reveal 'the blueprint for making a human being' .

  • They will publish further findings from the Human Genome Project in the scientific journal nature next week.

  • In reality, the Human Genome Project is the biggest sellout in the whole of human history.

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