Its goal is to completely map and sequence all of the genetic material that makes us humanWhen it is done, we will have a new and profoundly powerful tool to help us to unravel the mysteries of how the human body grows and functions.The cells in our bodie

Its goal is to completely map and sequence all of the genetic material that makes us human
When it is done, we will have a new and profoundly powerful tool to help us to unravel the mysteries of how the human body grows and functions.
The cells in our bodies each contain a master program which controls how and when they develop and how they should function. This information is organised in units called genes, which are arrayed, one after the other along long polymers called chromosomes. We have 46 chromosomes, arranged in pairs kept in the nucleus of most cells. The chromosomes are made of deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA
It is comprised of just four building blocks, or residues, strung together in enormously long strings. The residues combine to make our genes, and our genes string together to make our chromosomes.
A genetic linkage map shows the relative locations of specific DNA markers along the chromosome. Any inherited physical or molecular characteristic that differs among indi...