What is the Human Genome Project?
The Human Genome Project (HGP) identified all of the genes in human DNA. The project was completed in 2003 by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health with input from other countries around the world. More information about this project can be found at the HGP Information website.
The Human Genome Project was an international research effort formally begun in October 1990 to determine the complete chemical sequence of the 3 billion base pairs of human DNA and to identify all of the genes in the human genome. The project was considered completed in 2003 and the number of protein-encoding genes was found to be in the range of 20,000-25,000. The Department of Energy Human Genome Program and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health together sponsored the U.S. Human Genome Project.
The Human Genome Project (HGP) is an international 13-year effort formally begun in October 1990. The project was planned to last 15 years, but rapid technological advances accelerated the completion to 2003. Project goals were to determine the complete sequence of the 3 billion DNA subunits (bases), identify all human genes, and make them accessible for further biological study. As part of the HGP, parallel sequencing was done for selected model organisms such as the bacterium E. coli to help develop the technology and interpret human gene function. The Department of Energy’s Human Genome Program and the National Institutes of Health’s National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) together sponsored the U.S. Human Genome Project. For more information, see About the Human Genome Project.
The Human Genome Project is an international research effort to determine the sequence of all 3 billion base pairs of DNA in the human genome and to identify all human genes and their chromosomal locations. Another important goal of the project is to sequence the genomes of organisms that are used in research as models of how human beings function such as mice, fruit flies, and roundworms. Because many genes have similar sequences and functions among different species, the study of genes from so-called model organisms will help scientists interpret human DNA sequence information and gain insights into evolution. The project is coordinated in the United States by the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Other participating countries include the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, and China. All sequence information generated through the Human Genome Project is deposited imm
