Year 2009-10 9th grade BIOLOGY MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE -Rao

Facts about the human genome project . Completed in February 2001. Draft of entire human genome sequence. 20 labs, 6 countries participated. 3.2 billion base pairs in human body. Only 1.5% of DNA in body codes for/makes proteins. Each human cell contains about 6 feet of DNA, out of which less than 1 inch is devoted to exons. ................
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