1.) The Human Genome Project is an international scientific research project. Their primary goal of determining the sequence of chemical base pairs which make up DNA. It's purpose prior to 2001 was to create a working draft of the genome, which was the nucleic acid sequence database. The project was completed in 2003, but today, scientists are still researching and filling in the gaps in the draft. The potential benefits to the project are more advance medicine that can treat different cancers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Genome_Project
2.) DNA is a great source of evidence in criminal and forensic cases, since it is almost impossible for somebody to have the same DNA as another person. Detectives look for saliva, fingerprints, hair strands, and even semen for DNA samples. It could be harmful if someone got their hands on your DNA information because they can basically steal your identity; they could rob banks and conduct murders and you'll be blames for them, since your DNA was at the crime scene.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/life/genetic/dna-evidence.htm
3.) Color blindness is an inconvenient sex- linked trait. It is an X-linked trait, just like baldness and hemophilia. Take a prenatal test in-case you don't want a baby inheriting these traits.
http://anthro.palomar.edu/biobasis/bio_4.htm
4.) The Human Genome Project has started research in the epigenome in humans. They are focusing on decoding the genome and the 20,000- 25,000 genes. They also want to determine the sequences of the some- what 3 billion chemical base pairs in DNA.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/life/genetic/human-epigenome-project.htm
