Nonindependent Evolution of Some Repeated Genes Within a Species

question 57

Multiple Choice

Nonindependent evolution of some repeated genes within a species

• A) is called concerted evolution.
• B) can be caused by biased gene conversion.
• C) can be caused by unequal crossing over.
• D) Both a and c
• E) All of the above

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