Chapter 21: Q3TYU (page 440)
Two eukaryotic proteins have one domain in common but are otherwise very different. Which of the following processes is most likely to have contributed to this similarity?
(A) Gene duplication
(B) Alternative splicing
(C) Exon shuffling
(D) Random point mutations
Short Answer
- The statement 鈥淕ene duplication鈥 is false.
- The statement 鈥淎lternative splicing鈥 is false.
- The statement 鈥淓xon shuffling鈥 is true.
- The statement 鈥淩andom point mutation鈥 is false.