Which one of the following best describes why genome sequencing can be complicated by repeated sequences?
A. The repeated sequences are often longer
than the sequences obtained by automated
sequencing.
B. Automated sequencing devices interpret
repeated sequences as a single sequence.
C. Repeated sequences artificially inflate the
genome size, leading to an exaggerated
interpretation of the complexity of the
organism.
D. The repeated sequences are too small to
gather usable sequence information from.
E. All of the answer options describe why
genome sequencing can be complicated by
repeated sequences.
A
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