Which statement comparing the human genome to those of invertebrates such as Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila melanogaster is true?
A) A larger fraction of DNA in the human genome is for coding proteins.
B) The human genome has more than ten times the number of genes.
C) The average human gene codes for more proteins than the average invertebrate gene.
D) Human genes, unlike invertebrate genes, code for a single protein.
E) Only human genes are evenly distributed over the genome.

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The average human gene can code for more proteins than the average invertebrate gene due to alternative splicing, which allows a single gene to produce multiple proteins.

Which Statement Comparing the Human Genome to Those of Invertebrates