insti uctul 13 0.5 pts Question 9 Bacterial genes have an average length of 1,00

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insti uctul 13 0.5 pts Question 9 Bacterial genes have an average length of 1,000 base pairs, whereas human genes average about 27.000 base pairs. Which of the following statements is the best explanation for that difference? O Prokaryotic genes do not have introns, and human genes have multiple introns. O Prokaryotic proteins are not as large and complex as human proteins O Prokaryotes are unicellular, but humans have many types of differentiated cells. O Prokaryotes have smaller, but many more, individual genes. Previous Next

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The first option is the most appropriate choice. The large disparity in the sizes of prokaryotic and eukaryotic genes is mainly due to the presence of numerous introns in eukaryotic genes; introns are altogether absent in the prokaryotic genes.

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