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Human Genome Project: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As HGP
Date 1990 - 2003

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Diagram of a DNA double helix showing its twisted ladder structure, with a close-up of the sugar-phosphate backbone, paired nitrogenous bases (adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine), and labeled nucleotides and hydrogen bonds.
Diagram illustrating the process of protein synthesis: DNA unzips in the nucleus, messenger RNA (mRNA) forms on the DNA strands, and then mRNA moves to a ribosome where transfer RNA (tRNA) helps assemble amino acids into a protein chain.
human genetics
The impact of the Human Genome Project on cancer research
How DNA's double helix structure was discovered
What are chromosomes?
Gregor Mendel's discovery of heredity laws
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Key People

Francis Collins
Francis Collins
American geneticist

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