Question

Human genome consists of approximately

• A. $3 \times 10^{9}\, bp$
• B. $6 \times 10^{9}\, bp$
• C. $20,000 - 25,000 \, bp$
• D. $2.2 \times 10^{4}\, bp$

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Human genome has $3.1647$ million nucleotide base pairs $(3 \times 10^{9}\, bp$). The average gene size is $3000$ base pairs. The human genome consists of about $20, 500$ genes.