74344 How Much Junk Is in Your DNA Trunk?

How Much Junk Is in Your DNA Trunk?





The human genome is 3.2 billion base pairs long and contains around 20,000 genes, but how much of that is garbage? Hosted by: Hank Green Head to https://scishowfinds.com/ for hand selected artifacts of the universe! ———-
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