The Human Genome Project (HGP) was a grand scheme which was start… - Vidyadip

Question

The Human Genome Project (HGP) was a grand scheme which was started in 1990 for some important objectives.
(a) List any four major objectives of HGP.
(b) Write the name of any one common animal model other than humans which was sequenced over time.

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Answer

(a) (i) Human DNA. Identify approximately 20,000–25,000 genes found in humans (until then it was believed that humans had 50,000 to 100,000 genes).
(ii) Human DNA Creator of 3 billion chemical base pairs.
(iii) All this information is stored in the form of data.
(iv) Improvement in available techniques and development of new techniques for data analysis.
(b) Drosophila (animal).

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