Question

The genome of Caenorhabditis elgans consists of how many base pairs and genes?

• A. 3 billion base pairs and 30,000 genes
• B. 180 million base pairs and 13,000 genes
• C. 4.7 million base pairs and 4,000 genes
• D. 97 million base pairs and 18,000 genes
• E. 12 million base pairs and 6,000 genes

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

97 million base pairs and 18,000 genes

The Caenorhabditis elegans genome sequence is now complete, fully contiguous telomere to telomere and totaling 97 million base pairs. The sequence has catalyzed the collection of systematic data sets and analyses, including protein-coding genes, giving a total number of 18000 genes.