LINE-1 Sequences and Alu Sequences Can Occasionally Cause Problems by Jumping

question 1

Multiple Choice

LINE-1 sequences and Alu sequences can occasionally cause problems by jumping into an important gene.They can also lead to:

• A)Chromosome breakage.
• B)Retroviral infections, by serving as "landing pads" for retroviral cDNAs.
• C)The transfer of genes from the nucleus to the mitochondria, thereby maintaining the mitochondrial genome on the evolutionary time scale.
• D)Faulty crossing over between misaligned chromosomes in meiosis, leading to deletions and duplications.
• E)Occasional expansions of the tandemly arranged sequences.

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