Compared to Earlier Estimates About the Total Number of Genes

question 52

Multiple Choice

Compared to earlier estimates about the total number of genes in the human genome, it now appears that there are:

• A) about 10 times more genes than previously thought
• B) about twice as many genes as previously thought
• C) about the same number of genes as was predicted by Watson and Crick in 1954
• D) somewhat fewer genes than previously thought

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Random Variable

A variable whose possible values are numerical outcomes of a random phenomenon, with each outcome having a probability associated with it.

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The portion of something that is left after other parts have been used, removed, or subtracted.

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A measure of how much values in a set differ from the mean, used in statistics to represent variability within a dataset.