Question

While sequencing of The first bacterial genome—Approximately ____ of the ____  predicted genes matched genes of another species, the bacterial species E. coli K-12 that had been the subject of many years of genetic and biochemical research.

(a) 46%, 1500

(b) 58%, 1496

(c) 72%, 1743

(d) 58%, 1743

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The above asked question is from Genome Anatomy topic in section Collecting & Storing Sequences in Laboratory of Bioinformatics

Answer 1

Right option is (d) 58%, 1743

The best explanation: The function of the other 42% of the Hemophilus genes could not be identified, although some of them were similar to the 38% of E. coli genes that were also of unknown function. Other unique sequences that appeared to be associated with the ability of the organism to behave as a human pathogen were also found.