Human Genome Project
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• Department of Energy
  Information about the U.S. Human Genome Project. The site is linked to a more technical Research site. Both websites are funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Human Genome Program.

• Human Genome Resources 
  From the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

• Information on the Environmental Genome Project
  Information about the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences plan to expand research on genetic susceptibility to environmentally-associated diseases through a new Environmental Genome Project.

• Initial Sequencing and Analysis of the Human Genome (last accessed 3/2007)
  International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium Nature (February, 2001)

• International Collaborative Study on Genetic Susceptibility to Environmental Carcinogens (GSEC)
  An International Pooled Data Analysis Project On Metabolic Susceptibility Gene Polymorphisms.

• International HapMap Project
  A partnership of scientists and funding agencies from Canada, China, Japan, Nigeria, the United Kingdom and the United States to help researchers find genes associated with human disease and response to pharmaceuticals.

• Major Events in the U.S. Human Genome Project and Related Projects
  Department of Energy Human Genome website

• National Human Genome Research Institute
  Information about the purpose of the Human Genome Project, how it began, the mission, goals, and progress of the project, and more.

• The Sequence of the Human Genome
  J. C. Venter, et al., Science (February, 2001)

• The SNP Consortium 
  Non-profit foundation organized for the purpose of providing public genomic data. Its mission is to develop up to 300,000 SNPs distributed evenly throughout the human genome.

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