The Human Genome Project (HGP) was begun in 1990 to
a. alter the course of inherited disorders.
b. clone an animal, then a human.
c. determine the location of genes on chromosomes.
d. replicate the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).
C
The HGP was organized in 1990 to determine the location of genes on the chromosomes by ana-lyzing the structure of human DNA.
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