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<p>moved <a href="/Genomes" class="mw-redirect" title="Genomes">Genomes</a> to <a href="/Genome" title="Genome">Genome</a></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Genomes, 2nd Edition, 2002, by T.A. Brown<br /> <br /> 1.1.1 Genes are made of DNA<br /> <br /> * Human nuclear genome:<br /> ** total 3.2 x 10^9 nucleotides<br /> ** 22 autosomal chromosomes and two sex chromosomes, length between 50x10^6 nucleotides and 260x10^6 nucleotides<br /> ** somatic nuclei contain 2 of each autosomal chromosome and two sex chromosomes, for a total of 46<br /> * Mitochondrial genome:<br /> ** circular DNA with 16,569 nucleotides<br /> ** each mitochondrion carries around 10 of these circular DNAs, and each cell carries about 800 mitochondria<br /> * The DNA molecule is acidic and rich in phosphorus<br /> <br /> 1.1.2 Structure of DNA</div>

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