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===Genome Comparison===
{{Main|Fiocruz Genome Comparison Project}}

The Genome Comparison project is sponsored by the [[Brazil]]ian research institution [[Instituto Oswaldo Cruz|Fiocruz]].<ref name="Active Research" /> The project was launched on November 21, 2006,<ref name="Completed Research" /> and completed on July 21, 2007.<ref name="Completed Research" /> The project seeks to compare gene sequences of different organisms against each other in order to find similarities between them.  Scientists hope to discover what purpose a particular gene sequence serves in a particular function of one organism, via comparing it to a similar gene sequence of known function in another organism.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/projects_showcase/fgc/viewFgcMain.do
|title=Genome Comparison Overview
|work=Research
|publisher=World Community Grid
|access-date=2007-07-28
|archive-date=2007-07-07
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707214605/http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/projects_showcase/fgc/viewFgcMain.do
|url-status=live
}}</ref>