What Is the Purpose of the International HapMap Project

question 12

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the International HapMap Project?

• A) To sequence the genomes of each individual on earth
• B) To characterize the similarities and differences in human genomes worldwide
• C) To create physical chromosome maps of each individual on earth
• D) To correlate protein function with gene structure
• E) All of these

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