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What have scientist learned from the human genome project

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Answer:The HGP found that, in fact, humans have only about 20,000-25,000 genes (current estimates peg this to the lower end of that range). This number was quite a surprise to many scientists – many other organisms, such as rice and water fleas, actually have many more genes than we do!

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