A Quarter Century after the Human Genome Project's Launch: Lessons Beyond the Base Pairs |
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Developing a 2020 Vision for Genomics: NHGRI Launches New Round of Strategic Planning |
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Honey Bee Genome Sequencing |
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Human Genome Reference Program Webinar |
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1000 Genomes Project |
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1000 Genomes Project data available on Amazon Cloud |
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1000 Genomes Project publishes analysis of completed pilot phase |
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15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World |
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15 Ways the Human Genome Project is Shaping Our World |
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1800's |
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1859: Darwin Published On the Origin of Species, Proposing Continual Evolution of Species |
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1865: Mendel's Peas |
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1869: DNA First Isolated |
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1879: Mitosis observed |
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1900's |
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1900: Rediscovery of Mendel's Work |
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1902: Chromosome Theory of Heredity |
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1902: Orderly Inheritance of Disease Observed |
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1909: The Word Gene Coined |
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1911: Fruit Flies Illuminate the Chromosome Theory |
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1940's |
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1941: One Gene, One Enzyme |
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1943: X-ray Diffraction of DNA |
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1944: DNA is \"Transforming Principle\" |
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1944: Jumping Genes |
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1950's |
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1952: Genes are Made of DNA |
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1953: DNA Double Helix |
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1955: 46 Human Chromosomes |
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1955: DNA Copying Enzyme |
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1956: Cause of Disease Traced to Alteration |
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1958: Semiconservative Replication of DNA |
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1959: Chromosome Abnormalities Identified |
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1960's |
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1961: First Screen for Metabolic Defect in Newborns |
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1961: mRNA Ferries Information |
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1966: Genetic Code Cracked |
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1968: First Restriction Enzymes Described |
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1970's |
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1972: First Recombinant DNA |
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1973: First Animal Gene Cloned |
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1975-77: DNA Sequencing |
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1976: First Genetic Engineering Company |
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1977: Introns Discovered |
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1980's |
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1981-82: First Transgenic Mice and Fruit Flies |
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1982: GenBank Database Formed |
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1983: First Disease Gene Mapped |
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1983: PCR Invented |
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1986: First Time Gene Positionally Cloned |
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1987: First Human Genetic Map |
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1987: YACs Developed |
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1989: Microsatellites, New Genetic Markers |
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1989: Sequence-tagged Sites, Another Marker |
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1990-1994 |
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1990: ELSI Founded |
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1990: Launch of the Human Genome Project |
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1990: Research on BACs |
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1991: ESTs, Fragments of Genes |
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1992: Data Release Guidelines Established |
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1992: Second-generation Genetic Map of Human Genome |
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1993: New HGP Five-year Plan |
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1994: Detailed Human Genetic Map |
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1994: FLAVR SAVR Tomato |
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1994: Microbial Genome Project |
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1995-1996 |
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1995: Ban on Genetic Discrimination in Workplace |
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1995: Physical Map of Human Genome Completed |
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1995: Two Microbial Genomes Sequenced |
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1996: 280,000 Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) |
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1996: Archaea Genome Sequenced |
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1996: Health Insurance Discrimination Banned |
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1996: Human DNA Sequence Begins |
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1996: Human Gene Map Created |
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1996: International Strategy Meeting on Human Genome Sequencing |
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1996: Mouse Genetic Map Completed |
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1996: Yeast Genome Sequenced |
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1997-1999 |
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1997: Bermuda Meeting Affirms Principle of Data Release |
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1997: E. coli Genome Sequenced |
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1997: Recommendations on Genetic Testing |
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1998: Committee on Genetic Testing |
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1998: Company Announces Sequencing Plan |
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1998: Genome of Roundworm C. elegans Sequenced |
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1998: HGP Map Included 30,000 Human Genes |
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1998: M. Tuberculosis Bacterium Sequenced |
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1998: New HGP Goals for 2003 |
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1998: SNP Initiative Begins |
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1999: Chromosome 22 |
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1999: Full-scale Human Genome Sequencing |
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20 years later, genomicists remember the draft human genome sequence |
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20-year anniversary of publications reporting the draft human genome sequence |
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2000-2001 |
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2000: Chromosome 21 |
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2000: Drosophila and Arabidopsis genomes sequenced |
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2000: Executive Order Bans Genetic Discrimination in the Federal Workplace |
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2000: Fly Model of Parkinson's Disease Reported |
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2000: Free Access to Genomic Information |
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2000: Working Draft |
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2000: Yeast Interactome Published |
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