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. it is significantly larger than the genome of M. leprae.
C. it is more closely related to M. leprae than to M. bovis.
Answer: C
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