Context: In 1972, Walter Fiers and his team at the University of Ghent were the first to determine the sequence of a gene: the gene for Bacteriophage MS2 coat protein. The subsequent development of chain-termination DNA sequencing in 1977 by Frederick Sanger improved the efficiency of sequencing and turned it into a routine laboratory tool. An automated version of the Sanger method was used in early phases of the Human Genome Project.

Question: When was the first sequence of a gene determined?
Answer: In 1972

Question: What was the first gene to be sequenced?
Answer: the gene for Bacteriophage MS2 coat protein

Question: Who developed chain termination DNA sequencing in 1977?
Answer: Frederick Sanger

Question: What did the devlopment of the chain termination DNA sequencing method do for the sequencing process?
Answer: improved the efficiency of sequencing and turned it into a routine laboratory tool.

Question: What project used an automated version of the Sanger method in its early stages?
Answer: the Human Genome Project