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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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| nbsp;to the human genome initiative, Tony White, chairman, president and CEO of Perkin-Elmer, said, "As the pace of genomic sequencing accelerates throughout the world, we are rapidly nearing an era in which genomic information will have a profound effect. The Los Alamos lab and its so-called GenBank (a repository for genetic sequencing data) join Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California and Columbia University as the primary centers for the Department of Energy's (DOE) Human Genome Initiative ( This effort builds on Regeneron's internal discovery efforts, as well as the human genome initiative. |
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