The Human Genome Project (HGP) is an international research effort to determine the DNA sequence of the entire human genome. Contributors to the HGP include the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which initiated its funding of the HGP in 1988; the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), where discussions of the HGP began as early as 1984; numerous universities and laboratories throughout the United States; and international partners in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan and China.
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