THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE
THE HUMAN GENOME
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Detailed explanation-1: -The US side of the Human Genome Project was initially led by James Watson. The US side of the Human Genome Project was initially led by James Watson (one half of Crick and Watson, who discovered the structure of DNA?), and later by Francis Collins.
Detailed explanation-2: -No, India was not a part of the Human Genome Project.
Detailed explanation-3: -Despite the controversy, the HGP was initiated in 1990 under the leadership of American geneticist Francis Collins, with support from the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The effort was soon joined by scientists from around the world.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Human Genome Project relied upon the physical map of the human genome established earlier, which served as a platform for generating and analyzing the massive amounts of DNA sequence data that emerged from the shotgun phase.