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A genome is all the DNA in an organism, including its genes.
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A genome is all the DNA in an organism, including its genes. Genes carry information for making all the proteins required by all organisms. These proteins determine, among other things, how the organism looks, how well its body metabolizes food or fights infection, and sometimes even how it behaves. The project originally was planned to last 15 years, but rapid technological advances have accelerated the expected completion date to 2003. Project goals are to * identify all the approximate 30,000 genes in human DNA, * determine the sequences of the 3 billion chemical base pairs that make up human DNA, * store this information in databases, * improve tools for data analysis, * transfer related technologies to the private sector, and * Address the ethical, legal, and social issues (ELSI) that may arise from the project. Chromosomes fault- trisomy, Faulty gene- cystic fibrosis Long term- breast cancer The project will help us to know...
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