The human genome contains (a) billion nucleotide bases. The average gene consists of (b) bases. Which option is correct for a & b?

a = 3, b = 3000

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a = 5, b = 3000

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a = 3, b = 2000

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a = 4, b = 3000

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Solution

The correct option is B $a = 3, b = 3000$
The Human Genome Project revealed that human genome consists of about 3 billion base pairs which reside in 23 pairs of chromosomes. The average gene consists of about 3000 bases.
So, the correct answer is A.

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