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By Dr Tushar Chauhan October 015, 2022

The Human Genome: 10 Scientific Facts

A cell’s entire haploid set of DNA is known as a genome. Here are 10 amazing scientific statistics on the human genome.

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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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