Module2DNA-theSecretofLifePartTwo:TeachingResources第二部分教学资源Section2:Backgroundinformation1
HowisDNAsequencingdone
DNAsequencing,theprocessofdeterminingtheexactorderofthe3billionchemicalbuildingblocks(calledbasesandabbreviatedA,T,C,andG)makinguptheDNAofthe24differenthumanchromosomes,isthegreatesttechnicalchallengeintheHumanGenomeProject
Achievingthisgoalwillhelprevealtheestimated100,000humangeneswithinourDNAaswellastheregionscontrollingthem
TheresultingDNAsequencemapswillbeusedby21stcenturyscientiststoexplorehumanbiologyandothercomplexphenomena
MeetingHumanGenomeProjectsequencinggoalsby2003willrequirecontinualimprovementsinsequencingspeed,reliability,andcosts
StandardmethodsarebasedonseparatingDNAfragmentsbygelelectrophoresis,whichisextremelylaborintensiveandexpensive
Totalsequencingoutputi