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The Human Genome Has 3 × 109 Base Pairs (Bp)

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The human genome has 3 × 109 base pairs (bp) of DNA If this were one continuous molecule and extended such that each nucleotide was separated from the adjacent nucleotide by 4 Å, as proposed in the Watson and Crick model, what would the end-to-end distance be?


A) 1 meter
B) 1 centimeter
C) 1000 centimeters
D) 1014 Å

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