Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 15:31:01 -0800 (PST)
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From: karenk@exploratorium.edu (Karen Kalumuck)
Subject: # of genes in human genome
Hi Sarah!
Estimates of the # of genes in the human genome have ranged from
50,000 - 100,000; most scientists tend to go with the lower estimate of
50,000.
>Question from my bio students -- anyone know off the top of their head?
>
>How many genes are estimated to be in the human genome?
>
>Cheers, Sarah Wise
>Lick-Wilmerding H.S.
>
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>Sarah Wise
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>Lick-Wilmerding H.S.
>755 Ocean Avenue
>San Francisco, CA 94112
>swise@lick.pvt.k12.ca.us
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>"Not everything that can be counted counts,
>and not everything that counts can be counted."
>--Albert Einstein
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