THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE
THE HUMAN GENOME
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sequence every person’s DNA.
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sequence the DNA of every human gene.
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cure infectious human diseases.
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identify all restriction enzymes
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Human Genome Project is an international research project whose primary mission is to decipher the chemical sequence of the complete human genetic material (i.e., the entire genome), identify all 50, 000 to 100, 000 genes contained within the genome, and provide research tools to analyze all this genetic information.
Detailed explanation-2: -Because the Human Genome Project aimed to sequence all of the DNA (i.e., the genome) of a set of organisms, significant effort was made to improve the methods for DNA sequencing.
Detailed explanation-3: -HGP scientists used white blood cells from the blood of two male and two female donors (randomly selected from 20 of each) – each donor yielding a separate DNA library. One of these libraries (RP11) was used considerably more than others, because of quality considerations.
Detailed explanation-4: -The project was hugely significant to biology and has influenced biological research ever since. The main tasks of the Human Genome Project were to read and record the genetic instructions contained within the human genome and provide that information to researchers worldwide freely and without restriction.