Chapter 1. Chapter 5: Genomes of Various Organisms

Introduction

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Use the data presented in the graph to answer each question in this exercise.

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Correct! On this graph, fruit flies have the smallest genome size and amoebas have the largest genome size.
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Right. The amoeba has an estimated genome size of 670,000,000,000 base pairs!
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Right! The scale on the graph is in "millions of base pairs."
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Right! The size of an organism's genome has no bearing on its "complexity."
No. Try again!

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Exactly! Because an organism's genome is not necessarily related to size or complexity, it is impossible to gauge how the blue whale's genome would stack up to the human genome.
No. Try again!

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Right! Of the organisms listed on the graph, E. coli has the greatest percentage of coding DNA.
Incorrect.

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Right! E. coli has the least percentage of non-coding DNA of the organisms on this list, whereas humans possess the largest percentage of non-coding DNA.
Incorrect.

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Right. The graphs presented in this exercise are bar graphs, where the length of each bar is proportional to the value being represented.
Incorrect.

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