Lecture 22 - why sequence the human genome

Question 1

List 5 aims of the Human Genome Project, started in 1990.

Answer 1

identify all human genes, analyse genetic variation, sequence genomes of several model organisms, develop new sequencing techniques, share genome imformation

Question 2

List 6 key findings of the human genome.

Answer 2

fewer genes than expected, less than 2% of our genome codes for proteins, genome is dynamic, still don’t know what many of out protein coding genes do, most human genes are related to other animals, all humans are 99% similar at sequence level