The human genome has the greatest number of genes of all species studied to date.

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While humans have a relatively large genome, with approximately 3 billion base pairs, the actual number of genes is not the highest among all species. For example, rice has a genome of only 389 million base pairs, but it has approximately 38,000 genes, compared to the estimated 20,000-25,000 genes in the human genome.

The Human Genome Has the Greatest Number of Genes of All