Human Genome

The Human Genome Project (HGP) was an intensive study and research to order all the genes of the human DNA. This is useful to determine how humans are built and what makes us tick (gov). The project was completed in April 2003. It was originally thought that there were about 20,500 human genes. In 2001, a journal ranged from 50,000 to 140,000 genes. No wonder it took from 1990 and international contribution to complete such a massive feat. More projects have been taken to further understand the genome and its comparison to other known genomes. Day by day, we have a better understanding of who we are, what we are made and how we became to be.

Source: https://www.genome.gov/12011238/an-overview-of-the-human-genome-project/