Use the Following to Answer Questions -Based on the Table Above, Which Species Has the LOWEST

question 40

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions
$$\begin{array} { | l r r | } \hline \text { Species } & \begin{array} { c } \text { Genome Size (millions of } \\\text { base pairs) }\end{array} & \text { Number of Predicted Genes } \\\hline \text { Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast) } & 12 & 6,144 \\\hline \text { Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) } & 170 & 13,525 \\\hline \text { Mus musculus (mouse) } & 2,627 & 26,762 \\\hline \text { Pan troglodytes (chimpanzee) } & 2,733 & 22,524 \\\hline \text { Homo sapiens (human) } & 3,223 & \sim 20,000 \\\hline\end{array}$$
-Based on the table above, which species has the LOWEST gene density?

• A) yeast
• B) fruit fly
• C) mouse
• D) chimpanzee
• E) human

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