Question

Who sequenced the first human genome?

Answer 1

Human Genome Project:

1. Human Genome Project was an international project whose aim was to sequence the genome of humans.
2. It was a collaborative international research project.
3. The first human genome was sequenced in 2001.
4. James Watson served as the project's first US project manager. James Watson, one-half of the team that discovered DNA's structure—Crick and Watson—led the US portion of the Human Genome Project at first, and Francis Collins took over later.
5. It was first sequenced by the research team of HGP in collaboration with various countries.
6. The main goal was to map the 20,000 to 25,000 genes of humans and store that data.