Judged by the Average Number of Nucleotide-Pair Differences Per 1000

question 34

Multiple Choice

Judged by the average number of nucleotide-pair differences per 1000 nucleotide pairs, which of the following pairs show the highest difference?

• A) The genomes of S. cerevisiae and M. musculus
• B) The genomes of two different E. coli strains
• C) The ribosomal RNA genes from human and E. coli
• D) The transfer RNA genes in a human and M. musculus
• E) The genomes of two humans

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