Question

Give salient features of human genomc project.

Answer 1

Salient Features of HGP. Average gene consists 3000 bases, but size varies considerably. ... Chromosome 1 has most genes (2968) and the Y has fewest (231). 1.4 million locations have SNPs (Single nucleotide polymorphism) pronounced as snips.

Answer 2

Answer:

    Human Genome Project or HGP has some salient features. Eighty thousand to one lakhs forty thousand are total genes number. The estimate of around thirty thousand genes, is given by Human Genome Project. Chromosome 1 and chromosome y have the most and the least number of genes respectively.  In all people, approximately 99.9 percent nucleotide base are same.

                 It actually tells about the correct sequence of the three  billion DNA pairs.