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Human genome project was initiated by

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Francis Collins and Roderick
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Watson and Crick
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Beadle and Tatum
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Paul Berg and Wollman
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The correct option is A Francis Collins and Roderick
  • The human genome project was initiated by Francis Collins and Roderick.
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) with other international partners started it in 1990.
  • The human genome project aims at determining the sequence of nucleotides that makes the whole human DNA.

So, the correct answer is 'Francis Collins and Roderick'

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