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Microbiology 9th Edition by Laura Black, Jacquelyn Black

Edition 9ISBN: 9781118934753
book Microbiology 9th Edition by Laura Black, Jacquelyn Black cover

Microbiology 9th Edition by Laura Black, Jacquelyn Black

Edition 9ISBN: 9781118934753
Exercise 24
The completion of chromosomal mapping and sequencing of genes in the Human Genome Project has been one of hu manity's greatest accomplishments, yet it really serves as just the beginning for a new era of genomic science.
(a) Can you think of new burgeoning fields of science that will result from the newly acquired sequencing data?
(b) Antibiotics are effective because of their selective killing of bacterial and not animal cells. Can you think of ways in which comparing bacterial genomes to the human genome might result in additional cures of bacterial infections/diseases?
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