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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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Answer» (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
(c) BAC - Bacterial Artificial Chromosomes It is used as vector for cloning of DNA fragments |
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