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On the basis of the table given below, state your observations pertaining to the organisation features of the organism.ORGANISMNo. of chromoso mesGenome size in base pairsThe number of predicted genesPart of the genome that encodes for proteinsWorm Caenorhabditis elegans6100,000,00019,00027%Human Homo sapiens233,000,000,00020,000- 25,000<5%Fly Drosophila melanogaster4175,000,000- 196,000,00013600 20% |
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Answer» No simple correlation between the intuitive complexity of an organism and the number of genes in its genome. Relatively small number of genes in a human genome in comparison to worm /Drosophila melanogaster. |
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