BIO 1030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 34: Human Genome Project, Genetically Modified Organism, Comparative Genomics
17 Apr 2017
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Bio 1030 lecture 34: biotechnology- use of natural biological systems to create a product, organisms can be genetically engineered for use in biotechnology, transgenic bacteria. Genomics study of genes: humans and other organisms, coding and noncoding segments. Human genome project: 13 year effort, found many small regions of dna vary among individuals, some individuals even have extra copies of genes, differences may have no effect or may increase or decrease susceptibility to disease. Genome comparisons: clues to evolutionary origins, genes of humans and chimps 98% alike. Humans also share genes with bacteria: comparing human and chimp chromosome 22. Among the genes that differed were several that may have played a role in human evolution. Comparing genomes may be a way of finding genes associated with human genes. Proteomics explores structure and function of cellular proteins and how they interact to produce traits: important drug development.
