In the Section "Investigating Life: What Makes Us Human?",what May

question 44

Multiple Choice

In the section "Investigating Life: What Makes Us Human?",what may explain why the genomes of humans and chimpanzees are so similar,yet our phenotypes are so different?

• A)Humans and chimpanzees have almost all the same genes,but turn on and off different genes resulting in different phenotypes.
• B)Most human genes are located in the noncoding regions,while most chimpanzee genes are located in the coding regions.
• C)Most chimpanzee genes are located in the noncoding regions,while most human genes are located in the coding regions.
• D)Human genes are transcribed more frequently than chimpanzee genes.
• E)Human genes are translated more frequently than chimpanzee genes.

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