New Genome Map Found

This second generation Genome map is three times more efficient then the first original Genome map and should further uncover the mysteries of the human genome. Along with these new discoveries of life, diseases caused by altered genes will be found much more easily. And speaking of diseases the 2nd Genome map just might show more about the mutations causing the disease, find the mutation-more information about the disease-find the cure. The new Genome map might also uncover more about the intriguing evolution of the human race."If the Human Genome Project aimed to identify the proportion of genetic variation that all humans have in common - now estimated at around 99.5 per cent - then the HapMap(2nd Genome map) consortium may be thought of as a project to understand how the remaining 0.5 per cent makes all humans different from each other". To create the new Genome map they took, sampled, and evaluated the DNA of over 270 people from around the world. It was very important to get as many samples from as many places as they could."...comprising Yoruba in Ibadan, Nigeria, Japanese in Tokyo, Han Chinese in Beijing and Utah residents of European descent. The group already have plans to add further DNA samples from people of Kenyan, Tuscan, Indian, Chinese, Mexican and African descent."The new findings will be sure to contribute to the fact that we are all very different and unique individuals.

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