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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

• Producing the nutrient-rich cyanobacterium L. maxima at industrial scale requires high-quality samples of L. maxima DNA.
• Yirlis Yadeth Pineda Rodriguez and a team of researchers at the University of Córdoba, Colombia, evaluated the quantity and purity of L. maxima DNA extracted using three different DNA extraction kits.
• CTAB 2X (kit 1) had a DNA yield of 2,134 nanograms per microliter (ng/$\mu$L) and a purity ratio of 2.2.
• Pbact (kit 2) had a DNA yield of 157 ng/$\mu$L and a purity ratio of 1.6.
• Pplant (kit 3) had a DNA yield of 12.5 ng/$\mu$L and a purity ratio of 1.5.
• According to the researchers, Pbact was the most effective because it was the only one with both a sufficiently high yield and a purity rate close to the ideal of 1.8.

The student wants to emphasize the significance of a similarity between two of the kits. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

A

CTAB 2X and Pplant both had a DNA yield above 10 and a purity ratio above 1.4.

B

Due to their insufficient yield or purity, CTAB 2X and Pplant were deemed by the researchers to be less effective than Pbact.

C

With the ideal purity ratio being 1.8, CTAB 2X and Pbact were equal in purity, according to the researchers.

D

Compared to CTAB 2X, which had a DNA yield of 2,134 ng/$\mu$L, both Pbact and Pplant had insufficient yields; Pplant, in particular, was ineffective due to its low yield.