The most surprising finding of the human genome project is that humans have
A) 7-base codons.
B) many mutations.
C) relatively few protein-coding genes.
D) so many genes.
E) more genes than corn has.

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The human genome project revealed that humans have only about 20,000-25,000 protein-coding genes, which was much fewer than the initial estimates of up to 100,000 genes. This was surprising because it was previously thought that a larger number of genes was necessary for the complexity of human beings.

The Most Surprising Finding of the Human Genome Project Is