Did You Know
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- What is a Genome?
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The genome is an organism's complete set of DNA. Genomes vary widely in size: the smallest known genome for a free-living organism (a bacterium) contains about 600,000 DNA base pairs, while human and mouse genomes have some 3 billion. Except for mature red blood cells, all human cells contain a complete genome.
- How Many Genes in a Cell?
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Every human cell contains 25,000 to 30,000 genes except for mature red blood cells, which have none.
- Genes associated with disease
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More than 1,400 genes have been associated with disease.
- DNA length
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Each cell in your body has an estimated 2 to 3 metres of DNA.
