In general, the organization of genes in bacteria is different from that in eukaryotes. In E. coli, approximately 27 percent of all genes are organized into contiguous, functionally related units containing multiple genes under coordinated control that

are transcribed as a single unit. Such contiguous gene families are called ________.

A) operons
B) transcriptomes
C) proteomes
D) pseudogenes
E) contigs


Answer: A

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