Morality And The Human Genome Project

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and technology efforts aimed at mapping and sequencing
large portions or entire genomes are called genome projects" (Congress,4).
Genome projects are not a single organizations efforts, but instead a group of
organizations working in government and private industry through out the world.
Furthermore, the controversies surrounding the Human Genome Project can be
better explained by the past events leading to the project, the structure of the
project, and the moral discussion of the project.
The major events of genetic history are important to the Human Genome
Project because the structure and most of the project deals with genetics.
Genetics is the study of the patterns of inheritance of specific traits
(Congress,202). The basic beginnings of genetic history lay in the ancient
techniques of selective breeding to yield special characteristics in later
generations. This was and still is a form of genetic manipulation by "employing
appropriate selection for physical and ...

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any location on a chromosome where inheritance can be identified and
tracked (202). Markers can be expressed areas of genes (DNA) or some segment of
DNA with no known coding function but an inheritance could be traced (3). It is
these markers that are used to do genetic mapping. By the use of genetic
mapping isolated areas of DNA are used to find if a person has a specific trait,
inherent factor, or any other numerous genetic information. In conclusion, the
genetic history of ancient selective breeding to Mendel's garden peas to the
current isolation of genes has been reached only through collaborative data of
many organizations and scientist.
The Human Genome Project has several ...

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