Human Genome Organisation
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The Human Genome Organisation (HUGO) is an organization involved in the Human Genome Project
Human Genome Project
The Human Genome Project is an international scientific research project with a primary goal of determining the sequence of chemical base pairs which make up DNA, and of identifying and mapping the approximately 20,000–25,000 genes of the human genome from both a physical and functional...

, a project about mapping the human genome. HUGO was established in 1989 as an international organization, primarily to foster collaboration between genome scientists around the world. The HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee
HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee
The HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee approves a unique and meaningful name for every known human gene based on a query of experts. In addition to a long name, the HGNC also assigns an abbreviation to every gene...

 (HGNC), sometimes referred to as "HUGO", is one of HUGO's most active committees and aims to assign a unique gene name and symbol to each human gene.

See also

  • HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee
    HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee
    The HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee approves a unique and meaningful name for every known human gene based on a query of experts. In addition to a long name, the HGNC also assigns an abbreviation to every gene...

  • Celera Genomics
    Celera Genomics
    Celera Corporation was a business unit of the Applera Corporation, but was spun off in July 2008 to become an independent publicly traded company. In May 2011 Quest Diagnostics Incorporated completed the acquisition of Celera, which thus became a wholly owned subsidiary...

  • Victor A. McKusick
    Victor A. McKusick
    Victor Almon McKusick , internist and medical geneticist, was University Professor of Medical Genetics and Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA...

  • Ira Carmen
    Ira Carmen
    Ira Harris "Law and Order" Carmen is an American Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he taught from 1968-2009....

  • List of genetics research organizations
  • International Mammalian Genome Society
    International Mammalian Genome Society
    The International Mammalian Genome Society is a professional scientific organization that promotes and coordinates the genetic and genomic study of mammals...


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