The Human Genome Project (HGP) is an international
scientific research project with the goal of
determining the sequence of chemical base pairs
which make up human DNA, and of identifying and
mapping all of the genes of the human genome from
both a physical and functional standpoint. It remains
the world's largest collaborative biological project.
the project was proposed and funded by US government;
planning started in 1984, the project got underway in 1990,
and was declared complete in 2003.