The Human Genome Project that began in 1990:
1. expects to complete a map of the entire human genome by 2010.
2. found that all human beings are 99.9% identical at the DNA level.
3. has not yet been able to translate the accumulating raw research into anything medically practical.
4. has put its research relevant to nursing in a document published by International Society of Nurses in Genetics (ISONG).
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1. Incorrect. The project completed its map ahead of schedule in 2000.
2. Correct. The vast majority of the 0.1% genetic variations are found within and not among populations.
3. Incorrect. The project research has been very valuable in the identification of genes in-volved in disease and in the development of genetic tests.
4. Incorrect. The ISONG document, the "Statement of the Scope and Standards of Genetics Clinical Nursing Practice," is very useful but not directly related to the Human Genome Project.
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