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9.7 Option – Genetics: The Code Broken? : 4. The Human Genome Project

Syllabus reference (October 2002 version)
4. The Human Genome Project is attempting to identify the position of genes on chromosomes through whole genome sequencing

Students learn to:

Students:

Extract from Biology Stage 6 Syllabus (Amended October 2002). © Board of Studies, NSW.
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discuss the benefits of the Human Genome Project

Current and potential applications and benefits of the HGP include:

Improvements in Molecular Medicine:

More accurate risk assessment:

Better understanding of evolution and human migration (Bioarchaeology, Anthropology, Evolution and Human Migration) :

DNA Forensics:

For more information on the HGP Selecting this link will take you to an external site. US Department of Energy, Office of Science, USA. Click on any link that you are interested in.

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describe and explain the limitations of data obtained from the Human Genome Project

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process information from secondary sources to assess the reasons why the Human Genome Project could not be achieved by studying linkage maps

Useful information

Linkage maps consist of genes that have been mapped and which have been isolated according to the DNA from living humans. Only hereditary diseases contribute to the linkage maps.

The human genome consists of thousands of genes that are responsible for every characteristic and function of the body and so many do not code for hereditary diseases. Linkage maps would have only provided information about hereditary diseases for the Human Genome Project and not for all the other many genes.

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outline the procedure to produce recombinant DNA

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explain how the use of recombinant DNA technology can identify the position of a gene on a chromosome

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