DNA & HGP

• DNA is a polymer made up of two strands forming a double helix.
• Genes are small sections of DNA.
• Chromosomes are thousands of genes joined together.
• A genome is the entire set of the genetic material of an organism.
• The Human Genome Project was the international effort to determine the DNA sequence of the entire human genome.
• Importance of HGP: Improves our understanding of the genes linked with different types of disease & inherited genetic disorders, as well as how to treat them.
• Importance of HGP: Made it possible to study human migration patterns from the past.