Interspersed Repeated DNA Units

question 49

Multiple Choice

Interspersed repeated DNA units:

• A)are arranged in tandem.
• B)tend to be smaller than 10 base pairs long.
• C)constitute less than 10 percent of the DNA of most multicellular organisms.
• D)are identical to one another.
• E)are believed to have originated from transposons.

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