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Resource: Genome Facts

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This list from NOVA: "Cracking the Code of Life" Web site provides some of the basic, yet impressive, facts and figures about the Human Genome Project.

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Since its inception in 1990, the Human Genome Project has garnered worldwide attention. But how much do you really know about this groundbreaking project? This NOVA: "Cracking the Code of Life" Web site answers a wide range of questions about the project itself and describes some of its most interesting discoveries.