GENETICS AND EVOLUTION
EVOLUTION
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over 10, 000
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over 20, 000
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over 30, 000
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over 40, 000
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Detailed explanation-1: -An international research effort called the Human Genome Project, which worked to determine the sequence of the human genome and identify the genes that it contains, estimated that humans have between 20, 000 and 25, 000 genes.
Detailed explanation-2: -In fact, with only 30, 000 genes, each directly interacting with four or five others on average, the human genome is not significantly more complex than a modern jet airplane [which contains more than 200, 000 unique parts, each of them interacting with three or four others on average (19)].
Detailed explanation-3: -The Human Genome Project (HGP) refers to the international 13-year effort, formally begun in October 1990 and completed in 2003, to discover all the estimated 20, 000-25, 000 human genes and make them accessible for further biological study.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Human Genome Project aims to identify and sequence the 30, 000 genes in human DNA.