DNA Timeline By Caitlyn_Making_Timelines 1995 Ban on Genetic Discrimination in Workplace 1995 Physical Map of Human Genome Completed 1996 International Strategy Meeting on Human Genome Sequencing 1996 Human Gene Map Created 1996 Human DNA Sequence Begins 1997 Recommendations on Genetic Testing 1998 HGP Map Includes 30,000 Human Genes 1998 Genome of Roundworm C. elegans Sequenced 1999 Full-scale Human Genome Sequencing 1999 Chromosome 22 2000 Free Access to Genomic Information 2001 First Draft of the Human Genome Sequence Released 2002 Researchers Find Genetic Variation Associated with Prostate Cancer 2003 Human Genome Project Completed 2003 Fiftieth Anniversary of Watson and Crick's Description of the Double Helix 2003 The First National DNA Day Celebrated 2004 Surgeon General Stresses Importance of Family History 2006 Initiatives to Establish the Genetic & Environmental Causes of Common Diseases Launched