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In humans, the least number of genes are present on X chromosome or Y chromosome?

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Important Questions on Molecular Basis of Inheritance

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What do you understand by the term ‘genome’?
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The human genome contains ___a___ billion nucleotide bases. The average gene consists of ___b___ bases. Which option is correct for a and b?
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What is the Human Genome Project? Write about the goals of Human Genome Project.
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Mention some important features of Human Genome Project (HGP).
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Study the following statements regarding human genome project.
I. Average gene consists of 3000 base pairs.
II. 50 percent of the genome codes for proteins.
III. Chromosome 1 has highest number of genes.
IV. Repeated sequences make up small portion of human genome.

Which of the above are correct?

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What is Human Genome Project? Mention any four goals of HGP.
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Locations on sites in the human DNA where single base DNA differences occurs are called:
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According to Human Genome Project HGP, the total number of genes in human genome is estimated at 30,000, the number of genes present on Y-chromosome are
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Statement (S): Less than 2% of the human genome encodes for functional units called 'proteins'.

Reason (R): The majority of the human genome is regulatory in nature.

Which of the following is true?

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Mention five salient features of human genome project.
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What is human genome project? What are the main aims of the project?
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"Human genome project was called a Mega Project". Justify the statement by giving three points.
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What is Human genome project ? Briefly write about the salient features of Human Genome project.
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Select the INCORRECT statement from the following.
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Study the following statements
I) Gene that codes for the synthesis of dystrophin is the largest human gene
II) Chromosome 21 contains the highest number of genes
III Endonucleases are used to cut the DNA at specific region
IV) Whole hereditary information encoded in DNA of an organism is called genome

Among the above identify the correct statements