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 Species  Genome Size (millions of  base pairs)   Number of Predicted Genes  Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast)  126,144 Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly)  17013,525 Mus musculus (mouse)  2,62726,762 Pan troglodytes (chimpanzee)  2,73322,524 Homo sapiens (human)  3,22320,000\begin{array} { | l r r | } \hline \text { Species } & \begin{array} { c } \text { Genome Size (millions of } \\\text { base pairs) }\end{array} & \text { Number of Predicted Genes } \\\hline \text { Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast) } & 12 & 6,144 \\\hline \text { Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) } & 170 & 13,525 \\\hline \text { Mus musculus (mouse) } & 2,627 & 26,762 \\\hline \text { Pan troglodytes (chimpanzee) } & 2,733 & 22,524 \\\hline \text { Homo sapiens (human) } & 3,223 & \sim 20,000 \\\hline\end{array}
-Based on the table above, which species has the LARGEST amount of noncoding DNA within its genome?


A) yeast
B) fruit fly
C) mouse
D) human
E) It cannot be determined from the information provided in the table.

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