What Is One Proposed Explanation for the Wide Discrepancies in Genome

question 91

Multiple Choice

What is one proposed explanation for the wide discrepancies in genome sizes from species to species?

• A)More advanced organisms have more DNA.
• B)Genomes have an extremely variable number of repeated DNA sequences that do not code for proteins.
• C)Some organisms have multiple repeats of each gene.
• D)More advanced organisms have more genes.
• E)More advanced organisms have more centromeric DNA.

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