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Why does knowing the complete genome of an organism not necessarily tell you about the nature of all the proteins in the organism?
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Each genome contains all of the information needed to build and maintain that organism. In humans, a copy of the entire genome—more than 3 billion DNA base pairs—is contained in all cells that have a nucleus. Show more…
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