The+Heller+Genome+Project

=Heller Genome Project=

The Heller Genome Project is a collaborative effort from students in my sophomore biology class to map out the human genome while adding their own spin to it.

 After learning about DNA, Genetics and the Human Genome Project in class, students will be working in small groups to summarize what they feel are important aspects of each of the 23 pairs of chromosomes. Students will be discussing three specific genes located on their assigned chromosome, as well as a disease or disorder that is thought to be caused by a gene or genetic defect of their chromosome. During their investigation students will be required to read and cite numerous excerpts from scientific papers and books, such as Matt Ridley's //Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters,// which will be referenced quite frequently throughout this site.

 A quick synopsis of the Human Genome Project, which will serve as the students' home base for their research, can be found below.

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// Begun formally in 1990, the [|U.S. Human Genome Project] was a 13-year effort coordinated by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National // //Institutes of Health. The project originally was planned to last 15 years, but rapid technological advances accelerated the completion date to 2003. // //Project goals were to //


 * // identify all the approximately 20,000-25,000 genes in human DNA, //
 * //determine the sequences of the 3 billion chemical base pairs that make up human DNA, //
 * //store this information in databases, //
 * //improve tools for data analysis, //
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References <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">About the Human Genome Project. (n.d.). //Oak Ridge National Laboratory//. Retrieved April 11, 2011, from http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/project/about.shtml