List the salient features of human genome project.
The Human Genome Project is an international research project with the goal of determining the sequence of human DNA and of identifying it,
Salient features of Human genome project:
(i) U.S. Department of Energy and National Institute of Health embarked and coordinated on the project of sequencing human genome called HGP or Human Genome Project.
(ii) HGP is a mega project involving a lot of money, most advanced techniques, numerous computers and scientists at work.
(iii) HGP was closely associated with rapid development of a new era in biology called as Bioinformatics.