PCL102H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Drug Design, Human Genome Project, Personal Genome Project
12 Feb 2016
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Genome: all of an organism"s genetic information (all of the dna in a cell) Genome encode all the instructions for building our bodies and keeping them running. Our genetic code is 99. 6% the same; . 04% variation in our genetic code is what makes us unique but also what can redispose us to certain disease. Mapping genes: determining the specific location of genes on chromosomes. Sequencing dna: determining the exact order of the bases in a piece of dna. Genomics is the study of all the genes in the genome and the interactions among them. Genetics is the study of single genes in isolation. Us govt. project coordinated by department of energy and the national institute of health. Determine number of genes encoded by the genome; sequence the entire human initiated in 1990 genome; store this info in databases freely available to the public and their environment.
