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question 30

Multiple Choice

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The nuclear genome of a single human cell (i.e., the entire diploid complement) contains about 6.6 billion (6.6 × 10⁹) base pairs of DNA. If synthesis at each replication fork occurs at an average rate of 50 nucleotides per second, all the DNA is replicated in 5 minutes. Assume that replication is initiated simultaneously at all origins.
-How many origins of replication exist in a human diploid genome?

• A) 220,000
• B) 440,000
• C) 880,000
• D) 2.64 × 10⁷
• E) 1.32 × 10⁸

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