Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-1-2021

Publication Title

American journal of medical genetics. Part A

Keywords

JGM

JAX Source

Am J Med Genet A 2021 Nov; 185(11):3314-3321

Volume

185

Issue

11

First Page

3314

Last Page

3321

ISSN

1552-4833

PMID

34581472

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.62512

Abstract

The Human Genome Organization (HUGO) was initially established in 1988 to help integrate international scientific genomic activity and to accelerate the diffusion of knowledge from the efforts of the human genome project. Its founding President was Victor McKusick. During the late 1980s and 1990s, HUGO organized lively gene mapping meetings to accurately place genes on the genome as chromosomes were being sequenced. With the completion of the Human Genome Project, HUGO went through some transitions and self-reflection. In 2020, HUGO (which hosts a large annual scientific meeting and comprises the renowned HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee [HGNC], responsible for naming genes, and an outstanding Ethics Committee) was merged with the Human Genome Variation Society (HGVS; which defines the correct nomenclature for variation description) and the Human Variome Project (HVP; championed by the late Richard Cotton) into a single organization that is committed to assembling human genomic variation from all over the world. This consolidated effort, under a new Executive Board and seven focused committees, will facilitate efficient and effective communication and action to bring the benefits of increasing knowledge of genome diversity and biology to people all over the world.

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This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License.

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