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If the genome of the bacterium e. Coli requires about 20 minutes to replicate itself, how can the genome of the fruit fly drosophila be replicated in only 3 minutes?.

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If the genome of the bacterium E. coli requires about 20 minutes to replicate itself how can the genome of the fruit fly drosophila be replicated in only three minutes? Drosophila DNA contains more origins of replication than E. coli DNA.

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