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Human Genome Project: The scientific mission to "read" the order of bases as they appear in the DNA of human chromosomes. The Human Genome Project actually is not one project, but rather many hundreds of separate research projects being conducted throughout the world. The objective is to create a directory of the genes that can be used to answer questions such as what specific genes do and how they work. We will have to learn …

…and many other fields. The task they have taken on is challenging and exciting, but difficult. Genes are made of a threadlike material called DNA, which itself contains chemical ingredients called bases. There are only four bases, but they repeat one after the other in an ever-changing order throughout the genes. Think of the four bases as letters of the alphabet, combining together in some strange language to spell out each gene's instruction. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**