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Pronounciation of 
Human Genome Project

defined:

An international research project to map each human gene and to completely sequence human DNA.

explained:

Listen to a detailed explanation.

Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, discusses the Human Genome Project.

related
terms:

base pair, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), DNA sequencing, gene, mapping



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