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Yolanda

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on: Jun 25, 2013
When the genome of a particular species is said to include 20,000 protein-coding regions, what does this imply?
A) There are 20,000 genes.
B) Each gene codes for one protein.
C) Any other regions are "junk" DNA.
D) There are also genes for RNAs other than mRNA.
E) The species is highly evolved.


coco

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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2013
It's D. Have a nice day!


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Yolanda

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Reply #2 on: Jul 5, 2013
Thanks COCO :D


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