MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

High altitude adaptations in Sherpa community of Nepal

Background: Nepal has an incredible geographic diversity with an altitude ranging from 50m to highest peak in the world (Mt. Everest, 8848m) from sea level and is topographically divided into three regions: The Terai, the Hilly and the Himalayan regions. The Himalaya and its foothills make up the northern border of the country and represent

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Human genome project- Introduction, Goals, Applications

Introduction: History: The HGP has an ultimate goal of identifying and locating the positions of all genes in the human body. A researcher named Renato Dulbecco first suggested the idea of such a project while the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) was also considering the same project because issues related to radiation and chemical exposure

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