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July to September 2019 | Vol. 12 | Issue 3 | 14-17
Pseudogenes: Implications in Disease and Diagnostics
Divya Pasumarthi, Ashwin Dalal
Diagnostics Division, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Address for Correspondence Email: ashwindalal@gmail.com
 
Abstract
The genome is the complete set of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in an organism. Human cells contain two copies of the haploid genome consisting of 3 × 109 base pairs of DNA. Only 1-2% of the mammalian genome codes for the protein function and remaining codes for repetitive elements and non-coding regions. Repetitive elements include transposons and Alu elements. The gene is a hereditary unit of DNA. About 25,000 genes are encoded in the DNA, which is organized into structures known as chromosomes. Unique non-coding sequences known as pseudogenes are present in 15% of the human genome.
 
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