Given an ideal sequencing reaction of approximately 500 successive nucleotides (excluding overlap),how many sequencing reactions would be needed to determine the complete human genome?
A)3.2 billion
B)12.5 million
C)12.8 million
D)6.4 million

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The human genome is approximately 3.2 billion base pairs long. If each sequencing reaction covers 500 nucleotides, then 3.2 billion divided by 500 equals 6.4 million reactions needed.

Given an Ideal Sequencing Reaction of Approximately 500 Successive Nucleotides