The apple genome has approximately 57,000 genes, which was the highest number of any plant genome studied at the time, and more genes than the human genome which has about 25,000 genes. …

Do apple seeds have DNA?

That fruit will look like the tree it is growing on, but the seeds inside of it now contain two copies of DNA in each cell, one from the tree it grew on and one from the tree the pollen came from.

How related are humans to apples?

The entire genome of apples was sequenced by an Italian-led consortium of scientists in 2010, and the results were stunning: Apples have 57,000 genes, more than any other plant studied to date. Most impressively, apples have far more genes than even humans do, as there are only about 30,000 genes in the human genome.

The estimated size of the apple genome is approx. 800 mil- lion base pairs (Mb), larger than many plants, including peach (230 Mb), grape (480Mb) and poplar (485 Mb).