How many human genes are there?

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Genes:
The basic physical and functional unit of heredity is the gene. DNA is the material that makes up genes.
Genes in humans range in size from a few hundred to over 2 million DNA bases.
Humans have between 20,000 and 25,000 genes, according to the Human Genome Project, which aimed to discover the sequence of the human genome and identify the genes that it contains.

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