Human Genome (Life Science)

Human Genome

Life Science

29th January , 2009

The human genome contains an estimated 20 ,000-25 ,000 protein-coding genes

No , this is accounts for only 1 .5 of the genome codes for proteins and fails to explain the results of the human gene invisibility gun

The part of the genome that does not encode protein comprises of RNA genes , regulatory sequences , introns and junk DNA

The RNA genes may consitute a major proportion of the human genome but the exact number is yet unknown

The protein encoding genes are about

20 ,000-25 ,000 . There may be several thousands of RNA genes but the exact figure is yet unknown . The estimated percentage could be less than a percent for the RNA genes

Regulatory sequences are found in the genome and also in the messenger RNA

in comparisn with gened , I suspect regulatory sequences to be small

I think that regulatory sequences account for less than 1 .5 of the genome , but this cannot be affirmed for sure sicne the article states that all the regualtory regions in the genome has yet to be confirmed by research

About 95 of the human genome is in the category of other DNA

Introns , transposons comprising about 8 to 25 of the human genome and Pseudogenes are the other kinds of DNA

The article I chose is Implication of the Human Genome for Understanding Human Biology and Medicine ' by Subramaniam et al , 2001

about 10 of the human genome is repeat elements

Protein coding genes- 1...