MCQ
Human genome project was initiated by:
  • A
    Francis Collins and Roderick
  • B
    Watson and Crick
  • C
    Beadle and Tatum
  • D
    Paul Berg and Wollman

Answer

  1. Francis Collins and Roderick

Explanation:

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. 

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