Comparisons of Yeast and Bacterial Cell Genomes Have Revealed That

question 106

Multiple Choice

Comparisons of yeast and bacterial cell genomes have revealed that

• A) yeast cells have more genes devoted to the basic functions of survival than bacteria do.
• B) eukaryotic cells are structurally similar to bacterial cells in terms of complexity.
• C) there are more genes for targeting proteins to organelles in yeast than in bacteria.
• D) the histones of bacteria are very similar to those of yeast.
• E) bacteria and yeast are both haploid.

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