2007-03-01 01:53:01 · 5 answers · asked by krishan p 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
The human genome is the genome of Homo sapiens, which is composed of 24 distinct chromosomes (22 autosomal + X + Y) with a total of approximately 3 billion DNA base pairs containing an estimated 20,000-25,000 genes.[1] The Human Genome Project produced a reference sequence of the euchromatic human genome, which is used worldwide in biomedical sciences. The human genome is much more gene-sparse than was initially predicted at the outset of the Human Genome Project, with only about 1.5% of the total length serving as protein-coding exons.[2]
2007-03-01 01:56:40 · answer #1 · answered by MommaSchmitt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In biology the genome of an organism is its whole hereditary information and is encoded in the DNA (or, for some viruses, RNA). This includes both the genes and the non-coding sequences of the DNA. The term was coined in 1920 by Hans Winkler, Professor of Botany at the University of Hamburg, Germany, as a portmanteau of the words gene and chromosome.
2007-03-01 09:56:40 · answer #2 · answered by Brad V 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You mean the project?
It's a project to see what parts of the DNA contain which traits.
One of the people (watson and crick) worked on this project
2007-03-01 09:56:37 · answer #3 · answered by kitsune_rose_chan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the translation of all human genes (DNA>mRNA>to proteins), which make up pretty much everything in your body
2007-03-01 10:40:44 · answer #4 · answered by ANT-a-gonistic 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It is just another word for DNA.
2007-03-01 09:56:54 · answer #5 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋