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by LulaBrazilia » Wed Mar 05, 2014 9:19 pm
As a result of the ground-breaking work of Barbara McClintock, many scientists now believe that all of the information encoded in 50,000 to 100,000 of the different genes found in a human cell are contained in merely three percent of the cell's DNA.

(A) 50,000 to 100,000 of the different genes found in a human cell are contained in merely

(B) 50,000 to 100,000 of the human cell's different genes are contained in a mere

(C) the 50,000 to 100,000 different genes found in human cells are contained in merely

(D) 50,000 to 100,000 of human cells' different genes is contained in merely

(E) the 50,000 to 100,000 different genes found in a human cell is contained in a mere
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by Patrick_GMATFix » Wed Mar 05, 2014 9:40 pm
Subject-verb agreement is tested (all of the info is/are contained) along with precise meaning (the 1000s of genes/1000s of the genes). The answer is E. I go through the question in detail in the full solution below (taken from the GMATFix App).

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by theCodeToGMAT » Wed Mar 05, 2014 9:42 pm
As a result of the ground-breaking work of Barbara McClintock, many scientists now believe that all of the information encoded in 50,000 to 100,000 of the different genes found in a human cell are contained in merely three percent of the cell's DNA.

(A) 50,000 to 100,000 of the different genes found in a human cell are contained in merely
INCORRECT; we need singular verb "is"

(B) 50,000 to 100,000 of the human cell's different genes are contained in a mere
INCORRECT; we need singular verb "is"

(C) the 50,000 to 100,000 different genes found in human cells are contained in merely
INCORRECT; we need singular verb "is"

(D) 50,000 to 100,000 of human cells' different genes is contained in merely
INCORRECT; we need adjective "mere" to modify noun

(E) the 50,000 to 100,000 different genes found in a human cell is contained in a mere
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