Arabidopsis Thaliana Has One of the Smallest Genomes Among Higher

Multiple Choice

Arabidopsis thaliana has one of the smallest genomes among higher plants with a haploid genome size of about 100 million base pairs.If this genome is completely digested with the restriction enzyme NotI that has an eight-base recognition sequence, approximately how many DNA fragments per genome will be produced?

A) 22, 540
B) 65, 535
C) 4, 096
D) 1526
E) 125