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colton

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Saul and Joe are unrelated nextdoor neighbors. What percentage of the human genome do they share?
 
  50 percent
  80 percent
  99.9 percent
  100 percent

Question 2

Which of the following best defines an allele?
 
  any of the possible forms in which bases can arrange themselves to form a
  protein
  a segment of a gene composed of DNA
  any of the possible forms in which a gene for a particular trait can occur
  an amino acid combination which makes up a protein chain


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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

99.9 percent

Answer to Question 2

any of the possible forms in which a gene for a particular trait can occur


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