Completed in 2003, Human Genome project was a 13-year project. What scientists are trying to do before 2001 were to identify all the 20,000-25,000 genes in human DNA, determine the sequences of the 3 billion chemical base pairs that make human DNA, store information in databases, and improve tools for data and analysis. This project catalyzed the multibillion-dollar U.S. biotechnology industry and fostered the development of new medical applications. ( http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/home.shtml )
Until DNA evidence was introduced, the only physical evidence to identify a suspect was fingerprints. Fingerprint evidence has always been reliable, but since DNA has been introduce it has become the evidence of choice when playing a criminal suspect at the crime scene. Making my DNA information available in public is not good as what you think because our DNA is our personal information that should be kept by myself, and its your privacy. Also, some scientist might be your interested about DNA and they'll be starting to stalk you and make you as their experiment which is creepy. ( http://www.criminaldefenseassociates.com/index.php/resources/dna_evidence )
Sex linked traits are technically abnormalities caused by x-linked chromosomes (when you inherit x chromosomes i.e.both men and woman) and i find this really interesting. It is expected to affect more men than women. Also, its more likely to be passed on your children and even to your grandchildren. Hemophilia is a genetic disorder so if a person has hemophilia, then they should avoid having kids because they'll just harm the kids and going to make them suffer. ( http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio105/sex-link.htm )
The human epigenome project aims to identify, catalogue and interpret genome-wide DNA methylation patterns of all human genes in all major tissues and to focus on those factors. This is a multinational science project and ran by some Germany, USA, UK, and France group. Also cancer research scientist from all over the world supported this project. This project hopes to make a new discovery in the world. ( http://www.epigenome.org/index.php?page=project ) and ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Epigenome_Project )
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What would a scientist want to use your DNA for that would be creepy? Give more detail.
In the third paragraph, who makes the decision on whether or not someone gets to have children or not and pass on the condition? You should be careful the way you word things to not exclude the rights of people to have children.