PATHOLOGY

Previous
Next

PATHOLOGY MCQ

GENETICS AND DISEASE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In October of 1990, the US Department of Energy’s Office of Science and the US National Institute of Health began the process of mapping the human genome. This process was referred to as The Human Genome Project and was intended to identify the 20, 000-25, 000 genes of the human genome. A working draft of the genome was announced in 2000 and a complete one in 2003. Which of the following describes the main benefit of completing The Human Genome Project?
A
Cloning humans
B
Designing new human genes
C
Patenting specific human genes
D
Identifying genetically-based diseases
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Despite the controversy, the HGP was initiated in 1990 under the leadership of American geneticist Francis Collins, with support from the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The effort was soon joined by scientists from around the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -The shotgun phase of the Human Genome Project itself consisted of three steps: Obtaining a DNA clone to sequence. Sequencing the DNA clone. Assembling sequence data from multiple clones to determine overlap and establish a contiguous sequence.

Detailed explanation-3: -Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. One of the major milestones of the budding branch of science known as genomics was the decoding of the human genome. More than 3 gigabases of DNA sequence found their way to the databases and into scientific publications.

There is 1 question to complete.
Previous
Next