Q. The genome of $Caenorhabditis\ elegans$ consists of
A) 3 million base pairs and 30,000 genes
B) 180 million base pairs and 13,000 genes
C) 4.7 million base pairs and 4,000 genes
D) 97 million base pairs and 18,000 genes
Explanation
Genome of model organisms [table] Organism | Number of Bass Pair | Number of Gene ; Bacteriophage | 10 thousand | - ; Escherichia coli | 4.7 million | 4,000 ; Saccharomyces | 12 million | 6,000 ; cerevisiae | | ; Caenohabditis | 97 million | 18,000 ; elegans | | ; Drosophila | 180 million | 13,00 ; melanogaster | | ; Human | 3 million | 30,000 ; Lily | 106 billion | - [/table]
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