> The opposition stems from the fact that the HGP has gone to third world
> countries to search out a variety of DNA samples from native peoples who have
> probably not been part of the first world gene pool. Theoretically the idea is
> to catalog human genetic variation. On the other hand, the field work has
Strictly speaking, this has been done as part of the Human Genome Diversity Project, a subcomponent of HGP. Check out for more details on a specific case http://weber.u.washington.edu/~radin/guaymi.htm
--prashanth