A Major Way That the Human Genome Differs from the Genomes

question 18

Multiple Choice

A major way that the human genome differs from the genomes of other primates is that

• A) the human genome has many deletions compared to the other primate genomes.
• B) the human genome has many duplicated regions compared to the other primate genomes.
• C) the human genome has many more C and T bases in its genes than the other genomes.
• D) human proteins are much larger than their counterparts in the other primate species.
• E) the human genome does not have as many introns as the other primate genomes.

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