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Human Genome Project (HGP) is closely associated with the rapid development of a new area in biology called as

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Biotechnology
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Bioinformatics
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Biogeography
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Bioscience
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The correct option is B Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field that develops and improves on methods for storing, retrieving, organizing and analyzing biological data. A major activity in bioinformatics is to develop software tools to generate useful biological knowledge. This was proved helpful during HUGO, gene nomenclature committee.

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