NEET Biology question

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 genesCorrect

Answer: (D)

Solution

Among commonly cited model-organism genome statistics, *Caenorhabditis elegans* has a genome of approximately 97 million base pairs encoding around 18,000-19,000 genes, matching option (d); *E. coli* corresponds to roughly 4.7 million base pairs and

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