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The human genome contains over three billion base pairs
Genetic code packaged across 23 chromosome pairs directs human biological development
The human genome consists of approximately 3.2 billion chemical base pairs packaged across 23 pairs of chromosomes inside cell nuclei. Uncoiled, the DNA from a single human cell would stretch roughly two metres in length. Remarkably, less than 2 percent of the human genome directly encodes functional protein sequences.
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