Brock Biology of Microorganisms (15th Edition)
Brock Biology of Microorganisms (15th Edition)
15th Edition
ISBN: 9780134261928
Author: Michael T. Madigan, Kelly S. Bender, Daniel H. Buckley, W. Matthew Sattley, David A. Stahl
Publisher: PEARSON
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The genome of the human contains an entire set of nucleic acid sequence that encoded DNA with 23 pairs of chromosome. In the mitochondria, small DNA molecules are found. The human genome contains both the non-coding DNA and protein-coding DNA genes. Initially, the scientists estimated that the genome of human contains about 100,000 protein encoding genes.

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