Principles of Biology
Principles of Biology
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ISBN: 9781259875120
Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 18.4, Problem 1CC
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The two reasons the groups of species shown in part (a) of Figure 18.11 vary in their total amount of DNA.

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Eukaryotes have very large genomes. Genome is the total amount of DNA present in a cell or organism. The size of the genome significantly varies among different species even who are similar in form and function.

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