Question

You discover a simple microbe which has a minimal genome. It only has 30 genes




for basic metabolism, 20 genes for the ribosome, and 20 genes for dna and rna




synthesis and polymerization. Approximately how big will this genome be?

Answer 1

Answer:

It's 100 kbp

Explanation:

Approximatly, 1 gene is the size of 1000 bp, so when we multiphy 70 x 1000, we get 70000 bp, and converting that into kbp (divide by 1000), we get 70 kbp, which is closest to 100kbp