One goal of the project was to accurately sequence the 3 billion nucleotide base pairs in the human genome. A second goal was to map and identify all of the human genes present in the DNA sequence.

(One million base pairs of sequence data equals one megabyte of storage space; the human genome has three billion base pairs.) Every second, Human Genome Project computers decode 12,000 letters.

Thirty years out from the start of the Human Genome Project, researchers have finally finished sequencing the full 3 billion bases of a person’s genetic code. But even a complete reference genome has ...

Scientists discovered humans descended from two ancient populations, not one. These groups split 1.5 million years ago.

This article explores 6-base genome sequencing and how it is empowering researchers to expand their studies to include both ...

One of the most significant achievements in genome sequencing was the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003. This international scientific research project aimed to map the entire human ...

New research has shown that modern humans descend from not one but two separate ancient human ancestral lineages.

The Human Genome Project changed everything. A map of the entire human sequence of DNA was the starting point for an enormous ...

PacBio (NASDAQ: PACB), a leading provider of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing platforms, today announced a newly published study in Nature Communications unveiling a powerful new method for ...

Scientists have successfully mapped the genome sequence of Aegilops mutica, a wild relative of wheat, shedding light on its ...

Funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute ... center for the entire project and houses one of the data production centers performing genomic sequencing. Nationally, the two grants ...