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(a) List any four major goals of Human Genome project.

(b) Write any four ways the knowledge from HGP is of significance for humans.

(c) Expand BAC and mention its importance.

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

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a) Some of the important purposes of the Human Genome Project were as follows:

  1. Identify all the approximately 20000-25000 genes In human DNA,
  2. Determine the sequences of the 3 billion chemical base pairs that make up human DNA,
  3. Stole this Information in databases,
  4. Improve tools for data analysis,
  5. Address the ethical legal and social issues (ELSI) that may arise from the project

b) Four ways the knowledge from HGP is of significance for humans are:

  1. agricultural production
  2. environmental remediation
  3. prevents disorders
  4. diagnosed disorder

c) BAC- bacterial artificial chromosomes

It is used for the cloning of DNA fragments.

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