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You must read each slide, and complete any questions on the slide, in sequence.
Exercise W2-7
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Edit each sentence to eliminate wordiness.
Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.)
Example
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Suggested revision: On June 26, 2000, two groups of scientists announced a breakthrough in genetics.
For more help, see section W2.
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Suggested revision: The scientists, representing teams from the Human Genome Project and Celera Genomics, had deciphered the human genome.
For more help, see section W2.
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Suggested revision: Every person inherits from each parent half of a genome, a set of instructions defining a human being.
For more help, see section W2.
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Suggested revision: The publicly funded Human Genome Project began a genome map in 1990.
For more help, see section W2.
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Suggested revision: In 1998, scientists at Celera Genomics, a private corporation, began racing the Human Genome Project team to see who could finish the genome map first.
For more help, see section W2.
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Suggested revision: When each group had finished part of the map, the scientists combined the pieces, completing the genome.
For more help, see section W2.
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Suggested revision: Scientists expect many gains from the genome breakthrough.
For more help, see section W2.
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Suggested revision: Genetic information will benefit people at risk of developing genetic diseases.
For more help, see section W2.
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Suggested revision: The genome map may help biologists learn how specific genes affect the body.
For more help, see section W2.
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Suggested revision: Many details still need to be added to the genome map, but the completed outline is cause for celebration.
For more help, see section W2.