Why Might the Analysis of Endosymbiotic Bacterial Genomes Be Misleading

question 38

Multiple Choice

Why might the analysis of endosymbiotic bacterial genomes be misleading for understanding the minimal gene set?

• A)They may have lost genes that would have been essential to early life-forms due to their reduced metabolic requirements.
• B)They may have gained genes to be able to live within another organism.
• C)They are bacteria and therefore have nothing in common with LUCA.
• D)Their genes can be disrupted by transposons.

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