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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 goals of HGP were as follows: 

(i) Identify all the approximately 20,000-25,000 genes in human DNA, 

(ii) Determine the sequences of the 3 billion chemical base pairs that make up human DNA, 

(iii) Store this information in databases, 

(iv) Improve tools for data analysis, 

(b). It helps in solving challenges in 

  • health care 
  • agriculture 
  • energy production 
  • diagnosed disorder and treat disorders 

(c) BAC - Bacterial Artificial Chromosomes 

It is used as vector for cloning of DNA fragments



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