One of the Smallest Eukaryotes Recently Discovered, the Green Alga

question 9

Multiple Choice

One of the smallest eukaryotes recently discovered, the green alga Ostreococcus tauri, measures less than ________ across and its genome (8 Mb) is ________ the size of that of Escherichia coli.

• A) 2 mm; barely twice
• B) 500 nm; half
• C) 10 mm; about
• D) 1 mm; three times
• E) 100 mm; five times

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