
Special Episode: Genetic Testing
The Science of Everything Podcast
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Sequencing a Gene - Is That How It Works?
The current estimate for the number of genes that humans have, the number I have in my head is 30,000. So if we were ordering a whole exome, then we're just going to be sequencing all of the active genes as we talked about whole genome and everything. But yeah, it definitely depends on like why you're ordering the test, what you're looking for.
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