Raise your 10 paddles high for Dancing With the Stars judge Len Goodman. The stern British reality TV star, 68, who also hosts BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing, married his long-term girlfriend, dance teacher Sue Barrett, 47, Sunday in a surprise ceremony, reports the Daily Mail.
The total length of the human genome is over 3 billion base pairs. The genome is organized into 22 paired chromosomes, plus the X chromosome (one in males, two in females) and, in males only, one Y chromosome. These are all large linear DNA molecules contained within the cell nucleus.
Biology 442 - Human Genetics. The Human Genome, DNA, Chromosomes & Gene Structure. On June 23, 2000, there was an announcement that the first draft of the human book of life had been revealed. The resulting sequence is approximately 3.12 billion bases long and includes more than 99.9% of the human genome. Some scientists had organized a gene pool where, for $1, you could record a prediction of how many human genes there would be. The best guesses ranged from 30,000 to 120,000.