Arabidopsis Thaliana Has One of the Smallest Genomes Among Higher

question 8

Multiple Choice

Arabidopsis thaliana has one of the smallest genomes among higher plants with a haploid genome size of about 100 million base pairs.If this genome is completely digested with the restriction enzyme NotI that has an eight-base recognition sequence, approximately how many DNA fragments per genome will be produced?

• A)22, 540
• B)65, 535
• C)4, 096
• D)1526
• E)125

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