Genetics 1: The Genome - Statistics

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Every cell in the human body contains a copy of the human genome. True or false? False. Red blood cells do not have a nucleus and therefore do not contain DNA
92%
How many chromosomes do gametes contain? 23
83%
How many chromosomes do humans have? 46
83%
How many bases are there in a megabase? One million
67%
What percentage of the human genome is a coding region? (Give to one decimal place) 1.1%
58%
How many megabases does the yeast genome have? 12MB
50%
What does SNP stand for? Single nucleotide polymorphism
50%
The majority of intergenic DNA is composed of _________ sequences. repeated
42%
Splicing removes introns from what? pre-mRNA
33%
How many megabases does the human genome have? 3000MB
25%
What is the name for defunct genes leftover from evolution? Pseudogenes
25%
How many genes does the yeast genome have? 5800
17%
There are two types of defunct gene leftover from evolution. Name one type. Conventional or processed
17%
What is the term that describes the discrepancy between genome size and genome complexity in different organisms? c value paradox
17%
Genome-wide repeats arise most frequently through __________ transposition
8%
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