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To determine: The genome comparison between the per mega-base pair of genomic DNA in humans and rice.
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Thesize of the human genome is 3384 megabase pairs, whereas the genome size of rice, Oryza sativa is 373 to 400 megabase pairs. The number of human genes is around 35000 whereas the genome ofricecontains about 45000 to 56000 genes.
The ratio between the genome size of rice and humans will be about 10:1. The number of functional genes in rice is more than in human even though the genome size is ten times smaller than humans. The genomes in figure 24.1 that are most like humans in terms of the ratio of genes to base pairs are mouse and chimpanzee that are Mus musculus and Pan troglodytes, respectively.
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