Question

which is a goal of the human genome project? a)to identify the 3 billion genes that comprise the human genome b)to sequence the genome of every living individual c)to address the ethical consequences of genomic research d)to establish a population of human clones

Answer 1

The most appropriate answer would be a)to identify the 3 billion genes that comprise the human genome.

Human genome project was the collaborative international project with the common objective of sequencing the whole genome of a human being and to identify and map all the genes present in the genome.

The project was completed, by sequencing approximately 3 billions base pairs of the human genome.

Later, it was found that only around 20000 protein-coding genes were present in the human genome which was very as compared to the previous estimations (1 million to 50000).