That some organisms contain much larger amounts of DNA than are apparently "needed" and that some relatively closely related organisms may have vastly different amounts of DNA is more typical in ________.
A) viruses than in bacteria
B) RNA viruses than in DNA viruses
C) eukaryotes than in prokaryotes
D) the alphoid rather than the diploid family
E) prokaryotes than in eukaryotes

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The presence of large amounts of non-coding DNA, and variability in genome size, is more common in eukaryotes than in prokaryotes. Prokaryotic genomes are generally smaller and more compact, with very little non-coding DNA. Within eukaryotes, there can be significant variability in genome size even among closely related species, whereas prokaryotes tend to have relatively similar genome sizes.

That Some Organisms Contain Much Larger Amounts of DNA Than