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The
Human Genome: A Top 10 List
With
apologies to David Letterman, Here is my own Top Ten
List of amazing facts about the Human Genome Sequence.
(Ken Miller)
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Laboratory)
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10 Slides:
10)
Basic Facts (How many, how much, what for?)
9)
Of Mice and Men (Similarities to other genomes)
8)
What do all Those Genes Do?
7)
Who's Biggest? (We humans have more genes than other organisms
in every category . . . except one!)
6)
Well, What's the Answer? (Does the sequence give quick answers
to pressing health issues?)
5)
What's Missing? (Is the human genome sequence really complete?)
4)
How Many? (How many genes do we have . . . really??)
3)
What Can't We Do with the Sequence? (For example, once we
find a gene, can we predict the structure of the protein it
will produce).
2)
Where does Most of our Genome Come From? (Hint: The answer
will not fill you with pride!)
1)
What's left to do? (Just about everything)
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