Question

Q3. Consider the following statements about Earth Bio-Genome Project (EBP):

1. The initiative will analyze and catalog the DNA of every documented eukaryotic species.

2. Eukaryotic species include all plants, animals, fungi and other organisms whose cells have a clearly defined nucleus surrounded by a membrane.

Which of the above statements are correct?

• A. a) 1 only
• B. b) 2 only
• C. c) Both 1 and 2
• D. d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer 1

The correct option is C

c) Both 1 and 2

Earth BioGenome Project (EBP)

• A global consortium of scientists is proposing a hugely ambitious project to sequence the genomes of all known complex life on Earth.
• The enormous initiative will analyze and catalog the DNA of every documented eukaryotic species—a vast group which includes all plants, animals, fungi and other organisms whose cells have a clearly defined nucleus surrounded by a membrane (the domains of bacteria and archaea—single-celled organisms that have no cell nucleus—are not included.)