AIIMS AIIMS Solved Paper-2008

  • question_answer
    The total number of nitrogenous bases in human genome is estimated to be about

    A) 3.5 million           

    B)        35 thousand      

    C)         35 million           

    D)         3.1 billion

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Genome is a complete set of genes present in a haploid set of chromosomes contributed by a parent and C-value is the haploid (n) amount of DNA in a eukaryotic cell. C-value of human genome is 2.8 picogram or \[1.8\times {{10}^{12}}\] daltons or \[2.75\,\times {{10}^{9}}\] base pairs. The total length of DNA is 94 cm, which have about 3.1 billion bases.


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