Sequencing an entire genome, such as that of C. elegans, a nematode, is most important because _____

A) it allows researchers to use the sequence to build a "better" nematode, which is resistant to disease
B) it allows research on a group of organisms we do not usually care much about
C) a sequence that is found to have a particular function in the nematode is likely to have a closely related function in vertebrates
D) a sequence that is found to have no introns in the nematode genome is likely to have acquired the introns from higher organisms


C

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