The Human Genome Diversity (HGD) Project. Summary document
In 1991 a group of human geneticists and molecular biologists proposed to the scientific community that a world wide survey be undertaken of variation in the human genome. To aid their considerations, the committee therefore decided to hold a small series of international workshops to explore the major scientific issues involved. The intention was to define a framework for the project which could provide a basis for much wider and more detailed discussion and planning--it was recognized that the successful implementation of the proposed project, which has come to be known as the Human Genome Diversity (HGD) Project, would not only involve scientists but also various national and international non-scientific groups all of which should contribute to the project`s development. The international HGD workshop held in Sardinia in September 1993 was the last in the initial series of planning workshops. As such it not only explored new ground but also pulled together into a more coherent form much of the formal and informal discussion that had taken place in the preceding two years. This report presents the deliberations of the Sardinia workshop within a consideration of the overall development of the HGD Project to date.
- Research Organization:
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States); Commission of the European Communities, Brussels (Belgium); Soros Foundation; National Science Foundation, Washington, DC (United States); National Insts. of Health, Bethesda, MD (United States); Porto Conte Research and Training Labs. Foundation, Sardinia (Italy)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AI05-92ER61463
- OSTI ID:
- 505331
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ER/61463-T3; CONF-9309530-Summ.; ON: DE97007814; TRN: AHC29716%%83
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Human genome diversity workshop, Porto Conte (Italy), 9-12 Sep 1993; Other Information: PBD: [1993]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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