A bacterial genome has been sequenced.Which would be the least likely finding?
A) Eighty-eight percent of its genome is devoted to protein-coding sequences or RNA genes.
B) The bulk of its genome is contained in a single chromosome.
C) It has plasmids.
D) It has introns.
E) It has about 8.4 million nucleotides in its genome.

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Bacteria generally do not have introns, thus it is the least likely finding. The other options are common findings in bacterial genomes.

A Bacterial Genome Has Been Sequenced