1. Brittany Miller

2. What is the HGP?
 It’s a research program in which scientists all
over the world tried to gain an understanding
of human genes and where they are located
on the human genome.

3. How does it work?
 Scientists get large samples of human DNA
and use gene mapping techniques to find
where on the genome certain genes, like
those for diseases, can most likely be found.

4. Gene Mapping?
 Scientists isolate DNA and examine it for a
disease or trait. Then they determine where
the trait may be located by using DNA
markers. The more markers, the more likely
the map is closely linked to a diseased gene.

5. What’s the point of all this?
 Scientists wanted to:
 Complete a detailed human genetic map
 Complete a physical map
 Acquire the genome as clones
 Determine the complete sequence
 Find all the genes

6. And I care because…?
 Having a better knowledge of the human
genome can:
 Lead to better diagnosis of diseases and earlier
detections of predisposition to that disease
 Allow new biofuels to be made
 Help identify criminals
 Teach us how humans evolved and continue to
evolve

7. Pros and Cons?
 Pros  Cons:
 Advances in molecular  Research costs a lot of
medicine money
 Advances in microbial  People are afraid of
genomics discrimination of genes
 Advances in agriculture  People don’t support
and livestock breeding gene therapy because
it’s “against nature”

8. Want to go more in-depth?
 Go to the following link for a great video!
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfsHl5_2rMw
&feature=related