It Has Been Established That the Absolute Number of Unique

question 223

Multiple Choice

It has been established that the absolute number of unique protein coding sequences does not correlate with organismal complexity.Which characteristic would not be consistent with this observation?

• A) There are proportionally more transcription factors in humans than in nematodes.
• B) The noncoding portion of the human genome is proportionally larger than in nematodes.
• C) There are more alternative splicing variants in the human brain than in a chimpanzee brain.
• D) More miRNA sequences have been identified in humans than in fruit flies.
• E) There are fewer siRNA regulatory sequences in petunias than in mosses.

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