One Surprising Finding from the Human Genome Project Was That

question 91

Multiple Choice

One surprising finding from the Human Genome Project was that humans were thought to have ______________ genes but scientists reported that we have approximately _____________.

• A)5,000; 7,000
• B)100,000; 20,500
• C)10,000; 1,000
• D)7,000; 100,000

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Definitions:

Standard Normal

A special case of the normal distribution used in statistical analysis where the mean is 0 and variance is 1.

Area

The extent or measurement of a surface, typically measured in square units.

Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped distribution that is symmetrical about the mean, describing how the values of a variable are spread or distributed.

Mean

A statistical measure representing the central or typical value in a set of data, often understood as the common "average".