Deletion Experiments of E

question 6

Multiple Choice

Deletion experiments of E.coli have determined the minimal set of metabolic pathways.When these pathways were compared to a closely related species,W.glossinidia,an endosymbiotic organism that obtains resources from its host,researchers found that

• A)the gene sets match perfectly.
• B)E. coli was more specialized and had fewer metabolic pathways.
• C)W. glossinidia had fewer metabolic pathways.
• D)the genomes were not comparable.

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