Question

Which of the following is the smallest unit that would contain a complete copy of the entire human genome?A) one human somatic cellB) one human chromosomeC) all of the DNA of one humanD) one human gene

Answer 1

A) one human somatic cell

Step-by-step explanation:

A human genome is a complete set of DNA in somatic cell and it contains 23 chromosome pairs (nuclear genome). Beside nuclear genome cell also have mitochondrial genome. Unlike somatic cells (diploid-two sets of chromosomes, one from mother and one from father), germ cells (egg cell and sperm cells) are haploid, have only one set of chromosomes.

Human genomes include genes that are protein-coding but also noncoding DNA.