What Is a Key Difference Between Prokaryote Genomes and the Genomes

question 7

Multiple Choice

What is a key difference between prokaryote genomes and the genomes of multicellular eukaryotes?

• A) Multicellular eukaryote genomes have a greater number of protein-coding genes than prokaryote genomes.
• B) Prokaryote genomes have more introns than multicellular eukaryote genomes.
• C) Multicellular eukaryote genomes have larger intergenic regions than prokaryote genomes.
• D) There are more mobile genetic elements in prokaryote genomes than in multicellular eukaryote genomes.

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