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Set 10 Genome Annotation

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Question 1

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How do the genes in the β-globin locus differ from each other?

A)They use different template strands for transcription.
B)They are expressed at different times in development.
C)They evolved from different ancestral genes.
D)They are dispersed on different chromosomes.
E)Some are expressed in all cells; others are expressed only in red blood cell precursors.

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Question 2

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Which of the following is a potential mechanism through which proteins can acquire novel domain architectures over evolutionary time?

A)protein cleavage
B)exon shuffling
C)mutation in a pseudogene
D)duplication and divergence
E)de novo mutation

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Question 3

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Which of the following processes can generate orthologous genes over evolutionary time?

A)protein cleavage
B)transcription regulation
C)gene duplication
D)chromosomal inversion
E)mutation that creates a new ATG

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