According to data from the ENCODE project, approximately 80% of the human genome is associated with biological function.

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The ENCODE (Encyclopedia of DNA Elements) project has indeed found that about 80% of the human genome is associated with some sort of biological function, including non-coding regions that were previously thought to be "junk DNA". This includes regulatory elements like enhancers and promoters, as well as non-coding RNA molecules.

According to Data from the ENCODE Project, Approximately 80% of the Human