Question

TEs (Transposable Elements) can at most comprise one-fourth of the genome sequence.

(a) True

(b) False

I had been asked this question in homework.

This interesting question is from Sequence Assembly and Gene Identification topic in division Collecting & Storing Sequences in Laboratory of Bioinformatics

Answer 1

The correct choice is (b) False

To explain I would say: TEs (Transposable Elements) can comprise one-half or more of the genome sequence. Eukaryotic genomes comprise classes of repeated elements, including tandem repeats present in centromeres and telomeres, dispersed tandem repeats (minisatellites and macrosatellites), and interdispersed TEs.