An organism has a genome that is 4.7 million bp long, with only 12 percent noncoding sequence.It lacks introns completely, even in the tRNA genes.This organism is most likely a

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The fact that the organism lacks introns and has only 12% noncoding sequence suggests that it is a prokaryote rather than a eukaryote. Additionally, the genome size of 4.7 million bp is more typical of a prokaryotic bacterium rather than a eukaryotic organism.

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