1 {scene: Another part of Bune, where Paris is talking with a man.}
1 Paris: So you're a genetic engineer?
2 fforbes-Davïs: Yes. I'm part of a team designing variant human genotypes for high gravity worlds. We make them shorter to better deal with the mechanical stresses.
3 Paris: Interesting. What's this work called?
4 fforbes-Davïs: The human G-gnome project.

The Human Genome Project is (or was, depending on your point of view) a scientific project with the aim of sequencing and mapping the entire genome of a human being. According to some definitions, the goal has been achieved, with pretty much all of the most interesting bits of the genome being sequenced, but there remain long chains of repetitive DNA that are difficult to analyse and have not been fully mapped yet.

The really wild thing is all of these data are publicly available and searchable via your web browser. From multiple different sites. Not that it will mean much to anyone who isn't a professional geneticist, but hey, it's there if you want it.

Now we can get down to the really interesting stuff, like designing variant humans who can breathe underwater, and live on high-G planets!