Genome Size Number of Organism (kb) Chromosomes 580 Mycoplasma genitalium (human parasite) Rickettsia prowazekii (putative relative of mitochondria) 1,112 1 Haemophilus influenza (human pathogen) 1,830 1 Escherichia coli 4,639 1 (human symbiont) Saccharomyces cerevisiae (baker's yeast) 12,070 16 Plasmodium falciparum (protozoan that causes malaria) 23,000 14 Caenorhabditis elegans (nematode) 97,000 6. Arabidopsis thaliana (dicotyledonous plant) 119,200 Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) 180,000 4 Oryza sativa (rice) 389,000 12 Danio rerio 1,700,000 25 (zebra fish) Gallus gallus (chicken) 1,200,000 40 Mus musculus 2,500,000 20 (mouse) Нomo sapiens 3,038,000 23

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Calculate the number of clones required to obtain with a probability of 0.99 a specifi c 5-kb fragment from C. elegans (Table).

Genome Size
Number of
Organism
(kb)
Chromosomes
580
Mycoplasma genitalium
(human parasite)
Rickettsia prowazekii
(putative relative of mitochondria)
1,112
1
Haemophilus influenza
(human pathogen)
1,830
1
Escherichia coli
4,639
1
(human symbiont)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
(baker's yeast)
12,070
16
Plasmodium falciparum
(protozoan that causes malaria)
23,000
14
Caenorhabditis elegans
(nematode)
97,000
6.
Arabidopsis thaliana
(dicotyledonous plant)
119,200
Drosophila melanogaster
(fruit fly)
180,000
4
Oryza sativa
(rice)
389,000
12
Danio rerio
1,700,000
25
(zebra fish)
Gallus gallus
(chicken)
1,200,000
40
Mus musculus
2,500,000
20
(mouse)
Нomo sapiens
3,038,000
23
Transcribed Image Text:Genome Size Number of Organism (kb) Chromosomes 580 Mycoplasma genitalium (human parasite) Rickettsia prowazekii (putative relative of mitochondria) 1,112 1 Haemophilus influenza (human pathogen) 1,830 1 Escherichia coli 4,639 1 (human symbiont) Saccharomyces cerevisiae (baker's yeast) 12,070 16 Plasmodium falciparum (protozoan that causes malaria) 23,000 14 Caenorhabditis elegans (nematode) 97,000 6. Arabidopsis thaliana (dicotyledonous plant) 119,200 Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) 180,000 4 Oryza sativa (rice) 389,000 12 Danio rerio 1,700,000 25 (zebra fish) Gallus gallus (chicken) 1,200,000 40 Mus musculus 2,500,000 20 (mouse) Нomo sapiens 3,038,000 23
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