Question

A third category of TEs has features of both class I and class II TEs. These miniature, inverted repeat TEs (MITES) are ________ in length.

(a) 400 bp

(b) 500 Mbp

(c) 300 kbp

(d) 600 kbp

This question was addressed to me in an interview.

Origin of the question is Genome Anatomy topic in section Collecting & Storing Sequences in Laboratory of Bioinformatics

Answer 1

Correct answer is (a) 400 bp

The best I can explain: They were discovered in diverse flowering plants where they are frequently associated with regulatory regions of genes. Hence, they could be exerting an influence on regulation of gene expression.