Human genome project and computer science

The Human Genome Project (HGP) was a 13 year project that was completed in 2003. The purpose of the the project was to identify about 20,000-25,000 genes in human DNA and the sequence of the 3 billion chemical base pairs that make up human DNA. This information was then stored in databases and tools were created, and improved upon, to analize this data. Although the indentification of these genes has been completed, the analysis of this data is not yet finished. Through technological advances in the tools that analize this data we can expect to see andvances in its understanding.