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What Is a Gene?

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The number of genes in man (Homo sapiens) is

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25000

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10

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250

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10000

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Solution

The correct option is A 25000
The human genome has around 20,000-30,000 genes in its 3.3 billion base pairs of the haploid genome.
Thus, the correct answer is option A.

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