Suppose that you are a scientist sequencing the genomes of organisms. You begin two new projects, one sequencing the genome of an amoeba and the second sequencing the genome of a cow. You discover that the genome size (sometimes called C-value) of the amoeba is nearly 200X as large as that of the cow.
a. Should this come as a surprise? Why or why not?
b. What characteristic of eukaryotic organisms explains the variation in genome sizes?
c. What would your expectation be if you were to sequence the genome of a bacterium? Explain