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4.5 process information from secondary sources to assess the reasons why the Human Genome Project could not be achieved by studying linkage maps

process information from secondary sources to assess the reasons why the Human Genome Project could not be achieved by studying linkage maps

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Linkage maps consist of genes that have been mapped and which have been isolated according to the DNA from living humans. Only hereditary diseases contribute to the linkage maps.

The human genome consists of thousands of genes that are responsible for every characteristic and function of the body and so many do not code for hereditary diseases. Linkage maps would have only provided information about hereditary diseases for the Human Genome Project and not for all the other many genes.