about 20, 000 to 25,000
According to AQA Science GCSE Biology, scientists estimate that there are between 20 000 and 25 000 genes in the human body.
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There are approximately 100000 genes in human being. But all the genes are not functional ,only 24500 genes of them are functional.
Approximately 100,000,far fewer than was originally thought. Also within the genome is what is termed 'junk DNA'.I am not sure if these are included in this number.These are genes that are dormant...