What is a typical characterisitc of bacterial chromosomes?
A)5% of the sequences encodes proteins
B)It has telomeres
C)It is linear.
D)On average a gene occurs once in every 1000bp

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Bacterial chromosomes are typically circular and do not have telomeres. They also have a high gene density, with an average of one gene per 1000 base pairs. However, only 80-90% of the DNA encodes proteins, so A is not a typical characteristic.

What Is a Typical Characterisitc of Bacterial Chromosomes