Which of the following is true of the human genome?
a. Humans have about 95,000,000 genes.
b. Much of the genome contains “junk” DNA.
c. Non-coding “junk” RNA sequences that do not produce protein has no known function.
d. The human genome has not been fully sequenced.
e. Nearly 10% of the genes of the human genome code for proteins.

Question

Which of the following is true of the human genome?
 a. Humans have about 95,000,000 genes.
 b. Much of the genome contains “junk” DNA.
 c. Non-coding “junk” RNA sequences that do not produce protein has no known function.
 d. The human genome has not been fully sequenced.
 e. Nearly 10% of the genes of the human genome code for proteins.

daniel.ohearn1 · Answer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noncoding_DNA

mony01 · Answer

so its either B or C right?

daniel.ohearn1 · Answer

definetly b, why would it be c?

mony01 · Answer

so it wasn't d right?

daniel.ohearn1 · Answer

There's non-coding RNA that do play an important role in translation.  So it can't be c.  It's b.

daniel.ohearn1 · Answer

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/jun/08/genome-sequenced

mony01 · Answer

is it still b?

daniel.ohearn1 · Answer

Yes.

daniel.ohearn1 · Answer

First line of the guardian article being the giveaway.