Use the Following Figure to Answer the Next Few Questions

question 26

Multiple Choice

Use the following figure to answer the next few questions.

Figure 21.2
Figure 21.2 shows a diagram of blocks of genes on human chromosome 16 and the locations of blocks of similar genes on four chromosomes of the mouse.
-The movement of these blocks suggests that

• A) during evolutionary time, these sequences have separated and have returned to their original positions.
• B) DNA sequences within these blocks have become increasingly divergent.
• C) sequences represented have duplicated at least three times.
• D) chromosomal translocations have moved blocks of sequences to other chromosomes.
• E) higher mammals have more convergence of gene sequences related in function.

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