The Human Genome Project

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What is the Human Genome Project?

• Human Genome: is the full complement of genetic material in a human cell

• Locates where the DNA pairs are located in your body

• The actual genome is DNA • A person ahs between 100,000 and

300,000 genes

Who created the Project?

• Primarily founded by the US Government• The Department of Energy• Genome centers• Money provided for the project from Japan,

The United Kingdom and other technological advanced countries

Common users• The HGP is mainly used by humans• The HGP is used on crops• Animals• Sterilization

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Techniques

• Researchers used a technique called genetic mapping

• Genetic mapping: locates the pairs of genes on the chromosomes

• Using genetic mapping, you can determine the genetic code that allows our bodies to develop

Techniques

• Linkage: allows us to determine the regions of chromosomes that are likely to contain a risk gene

• Linkage helps locate the distance between disease causing genes

• Risks- labor intensive, requires DNA from affected ad unaffected genes

Pros and cons of the Project

Pros• Successfully identifies where

the genes of DNA are located in the body

• Genetically modify foods • Make crops grow faster and

more resistant to pesticides• Mapping can locate cancer

cells and mental illnesses• Can identify if the fetus has

genetic mutations in the womb

Cons• 15 years• $3 billion• Requires skill• Process is very difficult with

lots of procedures

The Human Genome Project

What are the outcomes of The human Genome Project?

• Genetically proven to have the ability to locate genes that are responsible for locating diseases

• Gene Therapy used today• The HGP has been very successful

Bibliography• "An Overview of the Human Genome Project." An Overview of the Human

Genome Project. Web. 23 May 2012. <http://www.genome.gov/12011238>.

• "What Is Genetic Mapping?" What Is Genetic Mapping? Web. 23 May 2012. <http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/epigen/what_is_genetic_mapping.htm>.

• "To Know Ourselves: Introducing the Human Genome." To Know Ourselves: Introducing the Human Genome. Web. 23 May 2012. <http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/publicat/tko/03_introducing.html>.