The average size of a protein in a human cell is about 430 amino acids, yet the average gene in the human genome is 27,000 nucleotide pairs long. Explain
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In the human genome, the exons are relatively short, whereas the introns can be quite large. A protein 430 amino acid residues long will need fewer than 1300 nucleotides to code for it. Furthermore, many genes in the human genome undergo alternative splicing, so some of those 27,000 nucleotides may be coding for alternative exons that are not used every time the gene is transcribed.
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