A Gene That Has Been Favored by Natural Selection

question 76

Multiple Choice

A gene that has been favored by natural selection

• A) will be found in both nuclear and mitochondrial DNA.
• B) will have less sequence variation than average.
• C) will have a longer sequence than average.
• D) will be translated more often than average.
• E) will always display dominant inheritance.

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