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By Dr Tushar Chauhan October 015, 2022
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The Human genome contains 3.2 billion base pairs arranged on 23 pairs of chromosomes.
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Protein coding genes are 20,597 which is around 1% of the total genome.
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Among the total non-coding DNA 45% are transposons.
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Approximately 50% of genomic sequences are repetitive DNA.
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3.9% of the genome contains smaller non-coding RNA including microRNA and siRNA.
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The Human genome contains roughly 4 to 5 million SNPs, meaning SNP occurs after every 1000 nucleotides.
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No of pseudogenes are 17, 301.
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4% of human genomes code for microRNA. miRNA has a pivotal role in the regulation of gene expression.
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