Friday, January 27, 2012

Heredity WebQuest Blog

Heredity WebQuest Blog

What were these scientists trying to do before 2001, and what are they trying to do now? 

Before the year 2001, scientist were:

  • identify all the approximately 20,000-25,000 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.

http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/project/about.shtml

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