Human Genome Project

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The Human Genome Project (HGP) was an international scientific research project with the goal of determining the base pairs that make up human DNA, and of identifying, mapping and sequencing all of the genes of the human genome from both a physical and a functional standpoint.

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Image: U.S. Department of Energy, Human Genome Project, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.