A. Gene order is much less conserved compared with gene sequences

B. Comparative genomics is the comparison of gene order

C. Synteny analysis is a best way to analyze gene order

D. comparison of syntenic relationships is normally carried out between relatively close lineages.

Find correct order of true and false combination

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#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

The Hox genes came to regulate each of the following in what sequence, from earliest to most recent?

1. identity and position of paired appendages in protostome embryos

2. formation of water channels in sponges

3. anterior-posterior orientation of segments in protostome embryos

4. positioning of tentacles in cnidarians

5. anterior-posterior orientation in vertebrate embryos

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#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

In individual insects of some species, whole chromosomes that carry larval genes are eliminated from the genomes of somatic cells at the time of metamorphosis. A consequence of this occurrence is that

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#Question id: 8919

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

The last common ancestor of all animals was probably a

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#Question id: 8920

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

Almost all of the major animal body plans seen today appeared in the fossil record over 500 million years ago at the beginning of the

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#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

Evidence of which structure or characteristic would be most surprising to find among fossils of the Ediacaran fauna?

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#Question id: 8922

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

Which statement is most consistent with the hypothesis that the Cambrian explosion was caused by the rise of predator-prey relationships?