Give any six features of the human genome. - Vidyadip

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Give any six features of the human genome.

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Six features of the human genome are as follows:

The human genome contains 3164.7 million nucleotides.
The average gene in the human genome contains 3000 bases.
The total number of genes is estimated to be 30,000.
Almost all (about 99.9%) of nucleotides are same in all human beings.
Less than 2 percent of the genome codes for protein.
Chromosome 1 has the most genes (2968) and chromosome Y has the least (231).

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