Can It Be Determined from the Data in Table 13

question 156

Multiple Choice

Can it be determined from the data in Table 13.1 which eukaryotic species has the largest genome? Can it be determined which species has the greatest number of chromosomes? $\begin{array}{llr}&&\text { APPROXIMATE }\\&&\text { NUMBER OF PROTEIN- }\\\text { COMMON NAME }&\text { SPECIES NAME }&\text { CODING GENES }\\\hline\text { Mustard plant } & \text { Arabidopsis thaliana } & 27,000 \\\text { Human } & \text { Homosapiens } & 25,000 \\\text { Nematode worm } & \text { Caenorhabditis elegans } & 22,000 \\\text { Fruit fly } & \text { Drosophila melanogaster } & 17,000 \\\text { Baker's yeast } & \text { Saccharomyces cerevisiae } & 6000 \\\text { Gut bacterium } & \text { Escherichia coli } & 4000\end{array}$

• A)yes, yes
• B)yes, no
• C)no, yes
• D)no, no

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