AP BIOLOGY

THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE

THE HUMAN GENOME

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
when was the human genome project formally launched?
A
1990
B
1985
C
1999
D
1995
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Human Genome Project (HGP) refers to the international 13-year effort, formally begun in October 1990 and completed in 2003, to discover all the estimated 20, 000-25, 000 human genes and make them accessible for further biological study.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Human Genome Project officialy began in 1990.

Detailed explanation-3: -Launched in October 1990 and completed in April 2003, the Human Genome Project’s signature accomplishment – generating the first sequence of the human genome – provided fundamental information about the human blueprint, which has since accelerated the study of human biology and improved the practice of medicine.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Human Genome Project was a 13-year-long, publicly funded project initiated in 1990 with the objective of determining the DNA sequence of the entire euchromatic human genome within 15 years.

Detailed explanation-5: -A special committee of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences outlined the original goals for the Human Genome Project in 1988, which included sequencing the entire human genome in addition to the genomes of several carefully selected non-human organisms. Eventually the list of organisms came to include the bacterium E.

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