Question 1
Mammalian genomes all have a number of genes for globin polypeptides. Several of these genes are functional, but several are never expressed. What are the nonfunctional ones known as?
◦ pseudogenes
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Question 2
Often, in the absence of experimental data, computerized algorithms are used to predict gene structures from large sequences. What is this approach known as?
◦ bioinformatics
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