In Your Research,you Are Comparing the Transcriptome and the Proteome

question 49

Multiple Choice

In your research,you are comparing the transcriptome and the proteome for two related species.One gene in species B has a similar transcript but a much smaller protein than in species A,and the protein seems to be nonfunctional.What do you predict about this gene? (Select all that apply)

• A)It is a pseudogene.
• B)It will have an increased number of persistent mutations in species B.
• C)It probably has a STOP codon early in the coding region.
• D)It probably has a defect in the enhancer region.
• E)It probably is not methylated correctly.

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