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Question

Human genome consists of approximately

$3 \times 10^{9}\, bp$

$6 \times 10^{9}\, bp$

$20,000 - 25,000 \, bp$

$2.2 \times 10^{4}\, bp$

Answer

$3 \times 10^{9}\, bp$

Explanation

Solution

Human genome has $3.1647$ million nucleotide base pairs $(3 \times 10^{9}\, bp$ ). The average gene size is $3000$ base pairs. The human genome consists of about $20, 500$ genes.

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