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Harun Yahya

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gives one a surprisingly small number of about 30,000 for the number of
human genes. Considering that we have been talking about 100,000 genes
for the last fifteen years (that's what most of the textbooks still say), this

was a bit of a shock. In fact, some people took it quite personally. I think
they were particularly distressed because the gene count for some other
simpler organisms had been previously determined. After all, a round-
worm has 19,000 genes, and mustard weed has 25,000 genes, and we on-
ly have 30,000? Does that seem fair? Even worse, when they de-coded the
genome of the rice [plant], it looks as if rice has about 55,000 genes. . . .

Genes are not a mea-
sure of complexity, as
some evolutionists
maintain. While human
beings have 30,000
genes, the rice plant
has 55,000.