Variation and human genome

Question 1

What is variation?

Answer 1

differences in traits

Question 2

What is variation caused by?

Answer 2

sexual reproduction bc genetic info is combined from BOTH parents causes differences
environmental factors,light,food,hair length

Question 3

Name 2 types of data

Answer 3

continuous-can be any value wide range e.g IQ,eye colour ,weight
discontinuous-limited set of values e.g blood groups ,gender

Question 4

What did researchers do in the human genome project?

Answer 4

found every single human gene and determine the base pairs that make up human DNA

Question 5

Advantages and disadvantages

Answer 5

ad-prediction/prevention of diseases-risk of getting it and tell you ways to prevent/lower risk of it.
testing and treatment for inherited disorders-able to identify alleles/genes suspected 4 causing inherited disorders
new and better medicines.
increased stress-think about future too much
discrimination-employers,life insurance companies
gene-ism-ppl with g p cud come under pressure not have children