Question

Give any six features of the human genome.

Answer 1

Six features of human genome are:

a. Human genome contains 3164.7 million nucleotide bases.

b. The average gene consists of 3000 bases, but sizes vary greatly with the longest known human gene being dystrophia at 2.4million bases.

c. The functions are unknown for over 50%  of the discovered genes.

d. Less than 2% of genes code for proteins.

e. Repeated sequences make up a large portion of the human genome.

f. Chromosome 1 has the most genes -2968 and Y has the fewest -231

Answer 2

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Salient Features of Human Genome:

Human genome has 3.1647 billion nucleotide base pairs. ...

The average gene size is 3000 base pairs. ...

The human genome consists of about 30,000 genes. ...

Chromosome I has 2968 genes while Y-chromosome has 231 genes. ...

The function of over 50% of discovered genes is unknown.