Select the wrong statement:

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(B) The correct statement regarding the human genome is that less than $2 \%$ of the genome codes for proteins. Therefore,the statement 'Less than $10

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Less than $2 \%$ of the genome codes for proteins.

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(B) The correct statement regarding the human genome is that less than $2 \%$ of the genome codes for proteins. Therefore,the statement 'Less than $10 \%$ of the genome codes for protein' is technically incorrect as it is an overestimation,but in the context of standard biology questions,option $B$ is identified as the wrong statement because the actual value is significantly lower (approximately $1.4 \%$).

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The non-human model organisms sequenced in the Human Genome Project were:

When was the Human Genome Project launched?

$A$: $SNPs$ (pronounced as "snips") are common in the human genome.
$R$: These are minute variations that occur at a frequency of one in every $300$ bases.

$A$ : $HGP$ was completed in $2003$ by sequencing all genes of all chromosomes.
$R$ : All coding and noncoding genes were sequenced by $ESTs$.

What was used as a host in the $HGP$?

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