Which statement regarding the human genome is false?
A) Long stretches of repetitive DNA are prominent at centromeres and ends of chromosomes.
B) The human genome is smaller than that of the bacterium Haemophilus influenzae.
C) Current estimates are that there are about 21,000 genes in the human genome.
D) The human genome contains approximately 19% introns.

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The human genome is significantly larger than the genome of the bacterium Haemophilus influenzae. This statement is false and therefore incorrect. The human genome is approximately 3 billion base pairs long, whereas the Haemophilus influenzae genome is only about 1.8 million base pairs long.

Which Statement Regarding the Human Genome Is False