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The Human Genome Project: the Beginning of the Beginning |
Michael S. Waterman1,2( ) |
1. Biocomplexity Institute, University of Virginia, Chancellorsville, VA 22904, USA
2. Department of Biological Sciences, Quantitative and Computational Biology Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA |
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Abstract In May 1985 there was at University of California Santa Cruz an influential meeting that was the first serious discussion of sequencing the entire human genome. The author was one of the participants and described the meeting and related issues.
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Corresponding Author(s):
Michael S. Waterman
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Online First Date: 19 March 2021
Issue Date: 31 March 2021
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