Which of the following is TRUE about human DNA?
a) Bacteria have far more non-coding regions in their DNA than humans.
b) Human genes do not have non-coding regions of DNA within them.
c) The genome size of an organism is a good measure of the complexity of that organism.
d) A newt, onion, and amoeba all have smaller genomes than we humans have.
e) More than 95% of our DNA is non-coding DNA.
Ans: e) More than 95% of our DNA is non-coding DNA.
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