A Bacterial Genome Has Been Sequenced

question 86

Multiple Choice

A bacterial genome has been sequenced.Which would be the least likely finding?

• A) Eighty-eight percent of its genome is devoted to protein-coding sequences or RNA genes.
• B) The bulk of its genome is contained in a single chromosome.
• C) It has plasmids.
• D) It has introns.
• E) It has about 8.4 million nucleotides in its genome.

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