Genome size in eukaryotic organisms
A) varies by many orders of magnitude.
B) is directly related to the total number of genes in an organism.
C) is dependent on the complexity of the organism.
D) varies two- to threefold, depending on whether the organism is unicellular or multicellular.
E) is generally 10 times greater than prokaryotic organisms.
Answer: A
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