Genome project

<p>Genome projects are <a href="/facts/Scientific/IJoaD7rs">scientific</a> endeavours that ultimately aim to determine the complete <a href="/facts/Genome/31Sm08JT">genome</a> sequence of an <a href="/facts/Organism/j8JkL09u">organism</a> (be it an <a href="/facts/Animal/4b8J33nd">animal</a>, a <a href="/facts/Plant/X5BMDMvS">plant</a>, a <a href="/facts/Fungus/BHo5DP59">fungus</a>, a <a href="/facts/Bacterium/wC8xSCsU">bacterium</a>, an <a href="/facts/Archaea/Adxh0aHw">archaean</a>, a <a href="/facts/Protist/NYVfaGVz">protist</a> or a <a href="/facts/Virus/mf88Bcbl">virus</a>) and to annotate protein-coding <a href="/facts/Gene/e1swwPY6">genes</a> and other important genome-encoded features. The genome sequence of an organism includes the collective <a href="/facts/DNA/nB89Iauz">DNA</a> sequences of each <a href="/facts/Chromosome/FRGf11FC">chromosome</a> in the organism. For a <a href="/facts/Bacteria/wC8xSCsU">bacterium</a> containing a single chromosome, a genome project will aim to map the sequence of that chromosome. For the human species, whose genome includes 22 pairs of <a href="/facts/Autosome/uN3B2AhI">autosomes</a> and 2 sex chromosomes, a complete genome sequence will involve 46 separate chromosome sequences.
</p><p>The <a href="/facts/Human_Genome_Project/eQDHgHTP">Human Genome Project</a> is a well known example of a genome project.
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Genome project