Advances in the Field of Genetic Engineering

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This paper provides a brief overview of the evolutionary process and the concepts known as protein folding and selective expression. The paper begins with a look at the role of DNA and continues with an account of the history of DNA sequencing and a discussion of the different applications for genome sequencing. The paper also discusses the importance of the study of genomes of different species, known as comparative genomics, and explains an aspect of genome sequencing known as hemology.

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"The study of genomes of different species would present us with a better picture as to the evolutionary trends, bioarcheology and anthropology. Researchers have identified that 99.9% of the genome information is common for the different human races stressing once again the possibility of a common ancestral origin. In the same vein they have also found that the chimpanzees have about 98.4% of genetic information common with humans. [ Hecht, J] So the improvements in genome science is helping us ascertain our evolutionary trends better than ever before. Similarly mouse and human beings are found to share 97.5% of the DNA material implicating a common ancestral origin some hundred million years ago. [Cohlan, A]"

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