Human Genome Project

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Human Genome Project: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Human Genome Project, Bioinformatics, Goals of Human Genome Project, Methodologies Involved in Human Genome Project, Salient Features of Human Genome, and Applications of HGP.

Important Questions on Human Genome Project

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Which of the following maps contributed in the formation of human genome project?

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In the human genome, which chromosome contains the maximum number of genes?

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The total number of nitrogenous bases in human genome is estimated to be about:

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The scientific project which deals with the study of base sequences of DNA molecules of a complete set of chromosomes is called the human genome project.

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How many base pairs are sequenced in HGP. whether 3.2 billion or 3.2 million?

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Identification of approximately 2000-2500 genes is the main goal of HGP.

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Commonly used vectors for human genome sequencing are:

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The number of nucleotide pairs in human is about three billion or thirty million?

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In humans, the least number of genes are present on X chromosome or Y chromosome?

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In Human Genome Project, BAC and YAC were used as?

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The process of marking features in DNA sequence with descriptive information about structure or function is known as:

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One of the goals of the Human Genome Project was to identify all the approximately 30,000 _____ in human DNA.

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Human Genome Project was a 15-year project coordinated by the U.S Department of genetics and National Institute of Biotechnology.

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Sequence annotation is the study of genes that are expressed as RNA.

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Name the two types of maps generated by HGP.

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Define the term Genome.

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Give the aims of the Human Genome Project.

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The number of functional genes in man is around

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HGP explored a new field biology called

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Which organism has the smallest genome?