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What did the completion of the Human Genome Project mark?
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?
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?
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?
What was the goal that became within reach of the scientific community for the first time?
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Before the elucidation of the human genome, how were several cancer genes, such as KRAS, TP53, and APC, successfully discovered?
Before the elucidation of the human genome, how were several cancer genes, such as KRAS, TP53, and APC, successfully discovered?
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What new opportunity did the Human Genome Project and HapMap projects offer?
What new opportunity did the Human Genome Project and HapMap projects offer?
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