2010 National DNA Day Online Chatroom Transcript

This is just one question from an archive of the National DNA Day Moderated Chat held in April 2010. The NHGRI Director and many genomics experts from across NHGRI took questions from students, teachers and the general public on topics ranging from basic genomic research, to the genetic basis of disease, to ethical questions about genetic privacy.

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Why are genes not evenly distributed?      Shawn Burgess, Ph.D.: I currently study developmental processes and their relation to human genetic disease. While the uneven distribution has been known for a long time, the reasons for gene clustering are not understood. It is likely to serve an important function, but that has yet to be discovered. Arabia Mountain High School in GA (9th grade student)

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