Which of the Following Terms Refers to Gene Duplications That

question 39

Multiple Choice

Which of the following terms refers to gene duplications that have decayed into nonfunctional entities?

• A) introns
• B) contigs
• C) orthologs
• D) pseudogenes
• E) Okazaki fragments

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