How Can Humans Survive If They Have an Inactive Gene

question 42

Multiple Choice

How can humans survive if they have an inactive gene that encodes a nonfunctional myosin protein?

• A) We have over 40 closely related myosin genes.
• B) Myosin is not essential for life.
• C) Myosin participates in several processes in the cell.
• D) Other proteins in the body can do the same thing as myosin.
• E) Other primates have the same nonfunctional myosin protein and survive.

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