... York1l'mel;August29, 1999,Section 3.A1so,Sciou:e News, VoL 154 , October 10, 1998,p ,23 9;and The New Yorker, June 12, 20 00 p. 66.The Human Genome Project plans to finish sequencing the human genome by 20 03 ... transgenic plants or animals.9 .11 .15 GenomeThe total genetic information of an organism.9 .11. 16 HostA cell used to propagate recombinant DNA molecules.9 ,11, 17 Natural SelectionThe process ... "food" for the organisms.9 .11. 11 GeneThe basic unit of heredity, a gene is a sequence of DNA containing the code to con-struct a protein molecule.9 .11. 12 GeneCloningOne of the most common...