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The Human Genome Project was completed in 2003. Papers analyzing the genome continue to be published. All individual chromosome papers were completed in 2006.

Post-HGP Resources

• Nature Web Focus: The Human Genome- Links to scientific articles reporting the finished genome sequence for each human chromosome
• Internet databases containing the entire human genome working draft sequence
• NCBI Human Genome Sequencing Progress
• University of California at Santa Cruz
• Ensembl Genome Browser at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and the EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute
• DNA Data Bank of Japan
• EMBL-Bank at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory's Nucleotide Sequence Database
• Comprehensive Analyses of the Sequence
• International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium. Finishing the euchromatic sequence of the human genome. Nature 431, 931-945 (21 October 2004).
• Schmutz J. et al.. Human genome: Quality assessment of the human genome sequence. Nature 429, 365-368 (27 May 2004).
• Feb. 2001 and April 2003 Science and Nature papers analyzing the working draft sequence
• Summary of insights learned from the draft sequence
• How many genes are there? A summary of the ever-changing estimation of genes in the human genome
• Summary of Human Genome Project Goals and Dates Achieved

Research Milestones

• Human Chromosome 1 Completed, May 2006.
• Human Chromosome 3 Completed, April 2006.
• Human Chromosome 17 Completed, April 2006.
• Human Chromosome 11 Completed, March 2006.
• Human Chromosome 12 Completed, March 2006.
• Human Chromosome 15 Completed, March 2006.
• Human Chromosome 8 Completed, January 2006.
• Human Chromosome 4 Completed, April 2005.
• Human Chromosome 2 Completed, April 2005.
• Human Chromosome X Completed, March 2005.
• Human Chromosome 16 Completed, December 2004.
• Human Gene Count Estimates Changed to 20,000 to 25,000, October 2004.
• Human Chromosome 5 Completed, September 2004.
• Human Chromosome 9 Completed, May 2004.
• Human Chromosome 10 Completed, May 2004.
• Human Chromosome 18 Completed, March 2004.
• Human Chromosome 19 Completed, March 2004.
• Human Chromosome 13 Completed, March 2004.
• Human Chromosome 6 Completed, October 2003.
• Human Chromosome 7 Completed, July 2003.
• Human Chromosome Y Completed, June 2003.
• Human Genome Project Completion: 1990-2003 (April 2003)
• Human Chromosome 14 Completed, January 2003.
• Mouse Genome Sequencing Consortium publishes draft sequence of mouse genome, December 2002.
• International consortium led by the DOE Joint Genome Institute publishes draft sequence of Fugu rubripes, July 2002.
• Human Chromosome 20 Completed, December 2001.
• HGP leaders publish the initial analysis of the working draft of the human genome sequence, February 2001.
• HGP leaders and President Clinton announce the completion of a "working draft" DNA sequence of the human genome, June 26, 2000
  • Press briefing and remarks
  • Human Genome News article
• Human Chromosome 21 Completed, May 2000
• Draft Sequences of Human Chromosomes 5, 16, 19 Completed, April 2000
• Drosophila Genome Completed, March 2000
• Human Chromosome 22 Completed: First Human Chromosome to be Sequenced, December 1999
• HGP Leaders Confirm Accelerated Timetable for Draft Sequence, October 1999
• Completion Date for "Human Genome Working Draft" Accelerated to Spring of 2000, March 1999 news release
• Human Genome Project 5-Year Research Goals 1998-2003, October 1998; also contains links to previous goals since the project's beginnings.
• Human Genome Project Passes Midpoint, April 1998

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