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प्रश्न
Human Genome Project (HGP) was a mega project launched in the year 1990 with some important goals.
Enlist any four prime goals of HGP.
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उत्तर
Human Genome Project was initiated by Francis Collins and Roderick, in 1990.
- The Human Genome Project aims to determine the complete and accurate sequence of 3 billion nucleotides that make up the whole human DNA.
- It aims to find out all estimated, 20000-25000 genes, in humans.
- It also aims to sequence the entire genome of several organisms, which are important in medical research identification of disease-causing genes and their elimination.
- To introduce new genes that code for desired protein products.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Write the percentage of the total human genome that codes for proteins and the percentage of discovered genes whose functions are known as observed during HGP.
Define ‘genomics’. Give any ‘two’ applications of it.
Write any six salient features of the human genome as drawn from the human genome project.
Answer the following question.
Write the basis on which Alfred Sturtevant explained gene mapping.
Both husband and wife have normal vision though their fathers were colourblind. The probability of their daughter becoming colourblind is ______.
The polytene chromosomes were discovered for the first time in ______.
Give an account of the methods used in sequencing the human genome.
When was Human Genome Project started? When was it completed?
How many base pairs does the human genome contain?
What ethical concern regarding genome data is specifically mentioned in the ELSI section?
