Analysis of the genome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis has revealed all the following EXCEPT ________.
A. it has 99.5% homology with the genome of M. bovis
B. M. tuberculosis has 11 additional genomic regions compared to M. bovis
C. it is significantly larger than the genome of M. leprae
D. it is more closely related to M. leprae than to M. bovis
Answer: D
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