The sequencing of the entire genome (the totality of all genes) of an organism was completed in 1996. The organism was

1. The question asks to identify the organism for which the sequencing of its entire genome was completed in 1996. 2. Genome sequencing milestones: The first genome of a free-living organism (Haemophilus influenzae, a bacterium) was sequenced in 1995. 3. The first eukaryotic organism (an organism with complex cells having a nucleus) to have its entire genome sequenced was the baker's yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 4. This international collaborative project was completed, and the results were published in April 1996. 5. The human being genome project was completed significantly later (draft 2000/01, full sequence 2003). Genomes for the albino mouse and Plasmodium vivax were also sequenced after 1996.