Which of the following is correctly matched with its description?

A. Highly repetitive DNA contains transposable elements and genes that are expressed in abundance and thus have many copies.
B. Moderately repetitive DNA contains unique sequences, such as genes found in one or a few copies.
C. Non-repetitive DNA is composed of thousands of copies of many short repeats.
D. Moderately repetitive DNA contains retro elements, such as the Alu sequence.
E. Moderately repetitive DNA contains transposable elements and genes that are expressed in abundance and thus have many copies


E

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