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Bacterial Genomes
![Graph of variation in estimated genome sizes in base pairs.](../../../../../../../../../figures.boundless-cdn.com/13144/full/800px-genome-sizes.jpg)
Graph of variation in estimated genome sizes in base pairs.
Unlike eukaryotes, bacteria show a strong correlation between genome size and number of functional genes in a genome.
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