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From: bwood@janus.Berkeley.EDU (Blake Philip Wood)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Mapping the human genome
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Date: 13 Jul 90 16:31:33 GMT
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A very basic question which has confused me:  I hear a lot about the
project to map the human genome.  At what level is this mapping done?
I had always assumed this meant determining the amino acid sequence 
in a human DNA, but this wouldn't be unique since people are genetically
different from one another.  Is it just determining which genes sit 
on which chromosomes?  In this case, what does "which genes" mean,
since I understand there isn't a one to one correspondence between 
genes and specific traits.  Please enlighten me.



                 Blake P. Wood - bwood@janus.Berkeley.EDU
                 Plasmas and Non-Linear Dynamics, U.C. Berkeley, EECS