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DNA, RNA, Chromosomes, and Genes

Genes

What is a pseudogene?

As genes are copied and transposed, mutations may occur that make the copies nonfunctional. This is thought to be the origin of pseudogenes, which resemble actual genes but which, while stable, do not produce a polypeptide.



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