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MUTATIONS
Everyone’s genome contains mutations.
The HGP showed that there was a lot of
variation between people’s genomes. Many
mutations are harmless. Others can lead
to disease.
Chris Tyler-Smith and a team of
researchers created the 1,000 Genomes
project. They set out to estimate how many
mutations people had. The researchers
analyzed the DNA of 179 people from
four countries. They estimated that there
are about 400 mutations in the average
person’s genome. Genetics researcher
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