Below Are Sequences of Part of a Gene Taken from Three

question 173

Multiple Choice

Below are sequences of part of a gene taken from three species of plants. Plant A: AGATCTACGCGCAGTTTC
Plant B: AGATTGGCGCAGTATC
Plant C: AGATTAGGCGCAGTTTC
Align the sequences.If each added gap required to align the sequences represents two nucleotide differences, how many differences are between species A and species B?

• A) Two
• B) Three
• C) Four
• D) Five
• E) Six

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