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human genome project, n a federally sponsored research project to identify and map the entire gene pool. Human Genome Project A multinational collaborative effort to sequence–map all 80,000+ genes and 3 x 109 nucleotides of a haploid set of the human genome, begun in 1986 and completed in 2002 at a total cost of US $3 x 109. Cf
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| David Neale, a tree geneticist at the University of California, Davis, adds that researchers might also use the black cottonwood genome to improve tree health, much as the human genome project has aimed to improve people's health. The institute has been a leading contributor to the Human Genome Project and now focuses much of its work on studying human DNA sequence variations and how these correlate with genetic diseases. Adam, Eve, and the Genome: The Human Genome Project and Theology. |
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