Timeline Friday 16 February 2001

Events on Friday 16 February 2001 1

• 2001 First draft of the human genome published Public and private teams release the sequence In February 2001 the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium and the company Celera published separate draft sequences of the human genome in Nature and Science. The drafts covered roughly 90 percent of the genome. The work opened a new era of genetic medicine and research.