Question

_____ of the human genome comprises one particular family of the SINE Element, designated Alu (1.2 million copies).

(a) 10%

(b) 20%

(c) 60%

(d) 40%

The question was posed to me by my school principal while I was bunking the class.

Question is taken from Genome Anatomy in section Collecting & Storing Sequences in Laboratory of Bioinformatics

Answer 1

Correct choice is (a) 10%

The best explanation: Ten percent of the human genome comprises one particular family of the SINE Element. And 14.6% of one particular LINE designated LINE1 (593,000 copies) are present.