| Event |
Period/Year |
Discussions in scientific community for sequencing genomes |
1984-1990 |
| Human genome project proposed |
1986 |
| Human genome project initiated |
Oct 1,1990 |
| Haemophilus influenzae genome sequenced |
1995 |
| E. coli genome sequenced |
1997 |
Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) genome sequenced |
1999 |
| Caenorhabditis elegans (worm) genome sequenced |
1999 |
| Arabidopsis thaliana (a weed) genome sequenced |
2000 |
| Drosophila melanogaster (fruitfly) genome sequenced |
2000 |
| Human (Homo sapiens sapiens) genome working draft published (90% genome sequenced) |
2000 |
