11. In October of 1990, the US Department of Energy's Office of Science and the US National Institute of Healin vegan
the process of mapping the human genome. This process was referred to as The Human Genome Project and was
intended to identify the 20,000 -25,000 genes of the human genome. A working draft of the genome was announced in
2000 and a complete one in 2003. Which of the following describes the main benefit of completing The Human Genome
Project?
Cloning humans
B. Designing new human genes
C. Patenting specific human genes
- Identifying genetically-based diseases