Which of the following is FALSE about the human genome?      a. repetitive DNA is approximately 50% of the base pairs   b. less than 5% of the DNA codes for unique proteins     c. many genes have introns   d. The genes are all unique to humans and show no similarity to genes from other organisms.

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Which of the following is FALSE about the human genome?

  

  a.

repetitive DNA is approximately 50% of the base pairs

  b.

less than 5% of the DNA codes for unique proteins

 

  c.

many genes have introns

  d.

The genes are all unique to humans and show no similarity to genes from other organisms.

 

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