Human genome

Researchers added 200 million DNA base pairs and 115 protein-coding genes — but they’ve yet to entirely sequence the Y chromosome.

The Human Genome Project is completed. The project, started in 1990, identified all the 20,000 - 25,000 genes in human

Advances in technology have enabled researchers to sequence the large regions of repetitive DNA that eluded the Human Genome Project.

Read online, download a free PDF, or order a copy in print or as an eBook.

Highlights include an interactive timeline of the human genome, a virtual tour of the Smithsonian’s Genome exhibit, 3D imagery and video. Resources are available for teachers from genetics organizations worldwide. Students are able to explore jobs in the field via the Genomic Career Resource tool.

The blueprint human genome is still mostly based on a single man from Buffalo, NY. National Human Genome Research InstituteInstead of looking at one single genome, researchers are mapping out "a network of possibilities.” The post The benchmark for human diversity is based on one man’s genome. A new tool could change that. appeared first on Popular Science.

Human Genome Project - Genome Mapping, DNA Sequencing, Genomics: The International HapMap Project, genomics studies, the Entrez Genome database, and the BLAST software tool allow the study of genetic similarity and divergence among humans and between species. The influence of the genome on health has led to personalized medicine. CODIS and comparative DNA sequence analyses have revolutionized the fields of forensics and anthropology, respectively.

Following the controversial births of the first gene-edited babies, a major focus of the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing was responsible use of CRISPR.

Human Genome Project - Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

DNA, genes and chromosomes provide an instruction manual for your body to form and function.