Two Eukaryotic Proteins Have One Domain in Common but Are

question 12

Multiple Choice

Two eukaryotic proteins have one domain in common but are otherwise very different. Which of the following processes is most likely to have contributed to this similarity?

• A) gene duplication
• B) alternative splicing
• C) exon shuffling
• D) histone modification
• E) random point mutations

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