Human Genome Project and Cancer Genes Quiz
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What did the completion of the Human Genome Project mark?

  • The construction of the HapMap
  • The discovery of several new cancer genes
  • The beginning of a new era in biomedical sciences (correct)
  • The end of cancer research

What new information did the first curated version of the Human Genome Project provide in 2004?

  • The construction of the HapMap
  • The identification of all genetic changes associated with human cancer
  • A sequence-based map of the normal human genome (correct)
  • The discovery of several new cancer genes

What did the construction of the HapMap, which contains single nucleotide polymorphisms, and the underlying genomic structure of natural human genomic variation, allow?

  • An extraordinary throughput in cataloging somatic mutations in cancer (correct)
  • The end of cancer research
  • The discovery of several new cancer genes
  • The identification of all the genetic changes associated with a human cancer

What was the goal that became within reach of the scientific community for the first time?

<p>The identification of all the genetic changes associated with a human cancer (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Before the elucidation of the human genome, how were several cancer genes, such as KRAS, TP53, and APC, successfully discovered?

<p>Using approaches based on an oncovirus analysis, linkage studies, LOH, and cytogenetics (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What new opportunity did the Human Genome Project and HapMap projects offer?

<p>The identification of all the genetic changes associated with a human cancer (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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