Which of the following is a major finding from the ENCODE project?
A) More than 80% of the human genome sequence is linked to a biological function.
B) In humans, one gene encodes exactly one protein.
C) Genes were identified for all known diseases.
D) There are more than 10 million regulatory sites in human DNA.

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The major finding from the ENCODE project is that more than 80% of the human genome sequence is linked to a biological function. This challenges the previous notion that most of the DNA in the genome was "junk" with no function. The project did not identify genes for all known diseases or suggest that one gene encodes exactly one protein. While the project did identify a large number of regulatory sites in human DNA, the specific number was not over 10 million.

Which of the Following Is a Major Finding from the ENCODE