Given below are two statements regarding the methodologies of the Human Genome Project: Statement I: The Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) approach focuses on identifying all the genes that are expressed as RNA. Statement II: Sequence annotation is a targeted approach that involves sequencing only the coding regions of the genome and assigning them functions. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropr

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Statement I is correct because the Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) methodology in the Human Genome Project focused on identifying all the genes that are expressed as RNA. Statement II is incorrect because Sequence Annotation is not a targeted approach limited to coding regions. Instead, it is a blind approach that involves sequencing the whole set of genome containing all coding and non-coding sequences, and later assigning functions to different regions. Answer: Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect