title: The Human Genome Project. History, goals, and progress to date.
abstract: This article presents an overview of the Human Genome Project. The goals of the program are outlined; the genetic, physical, and DNA sequence maps that will be its products are defined; the brief origins of the project are traced; the management structure of the US Human Genome Project, in which the Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health participate as partners, is outlined; international dimensions are discussed; the excellent progress to date with respect to each of the eight scientific goals is reported; and the projected impact of the project on biology and medicine is discussed.
authors: Office of Scientific Review, National Center for Human Genome Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. 20892.
authors: L W
authors: LW
authors: Engel
mesh_terms: D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D015894:Genome, Human; D006040:Goals; D049673:History, 20th Century; D016045:Human Genome Project / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004247:DNA