Interpretation : The percentage of the size of the human genome that the E.coli DNA represent is to be compared.
Concept Introduction : Deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, is made up of two long chains of
The percentage of the E.coli DNA represents
Escherichia coli has
The human cell has
The percentage of E.coli in the human genome is given as:
To calculate the percentage of the size of E.coli base pair in the human genome, substitute the values in the above formula:
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