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Scientists have identified about 1.4 million single nucleotide polymorphs in human genome. How is the information of their existence going to help the scientists?

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A more detailed map would also help scientists study complex human diseases and traits that involve many genes—for example, cancer, heart disease, and personality. In addition to helping in the search for genes, genome maps are useful in the day-to-day activities of molecular biology laboratories.

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