BBI Literature Homework 1: Impact of the Human Genome

Please read the following paper and answer the questions below

A wealth of discovery built on the Human Genome Project — by the numbers (2021)
Nature, Gates et al

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00314-6

Upload brief answers to BrightSpace by 10am on 19th September 2022. We will discuss your answers
during class on 19th September.

Questions
1. How did the authors study the impact of the HGP?
2. What were the limitations of their method?
3. What general trends did they observe?
4. How might superstar genes bias our view of biology?
5. How has the HGP influenced drug discovery?
6. What proportion of drug targets have been investigated?