Since the early 2000s, careers in the field of genetics have grown at a rapid pace. Which of these is a probable cause for this explosion of available and expanding jobs?

The Human Genome Project, completed in 2003, mapped and sequenced human DNA. Its results expanded genetic research and created new opportunities in areas such as genetic testing, medicine, and biotechnology. The discovery of penicillin occurred much earlier and was not the main cause of the growth in genetics careers.

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