Genetics: From Genes to Genomes, 5th edition
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780073525310
Author: Leland H. Hartwell, Michael L. Goldberg, Janice A. Fischer, Leroy Hood, Charles F. Aquadro
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1, Problem 3P
The size of one copy of the human genome is approximately 3 billion base pairs, and it contains about 25,000 genes organized into 23 chromosomes.
| a. | Human chromosomes vary in size. What would you predict is the size of the average chromosome? |
| b. | Assuming that genes are spread evenly among chromosomes, how many genes does an average human chromosome contain? |
| c. | About half of the DNA in chromosome contains genes. How large (in base pairs) is an average human gene? |
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Chapter 1 Solutions
Genetics: From Genes to Genomes, 5th edition
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