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Chapter 21, Problem 2CQ
Briefly describe whether or not each of the following can be appropriately described as a genome.
- a. the E. coli chromosome
- b. human chromosome 11
- c. a complete set of 10 chromosomes in corn
- d. a copy of the single-stranded RNA packaged into the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
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Ch. 21.1 - Prob. 1CSCh. 21.1 - Prob. 1CCCh. 21.1 - Prob. 2CCCh. 21.1 - Prob. 3CCCh. 21.2 - Prob. 1CCCh. 21.2 - Prob. 2CCCh. 21.2 - Prob. 3CCCh. 21.3 - Prob. 1EQCh. 21.3 - Prob. 2EQCh. 21.3 - Prob. 3EQ
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