Genetics: Analysis and Principles
Genetics: Analysis and Principles
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Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 24.3, Problem 2COMQ

Homologous genes

a. are derived from the same ancestral gene.

b. are likely to carry out the same or similar functions.

c. have similar DNA sequences.

d. exhibit all of the above features.

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