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#Question id: 2709


Which, if any, of the following statements are false?

#SCPH05 I Biotechnology
  1. The broadest definition of a pseudogene is any gene that has received inactivating mutations and can no longer make a functional product.

  2. A retropseudogene is a non-functional cDNA copy of a processed RNA that has integrated elsewhere into the genome.

  3. A non-processed pseudogene is an inactive copy of a gene that has arisen by some type of gene duplication.

  4. An estimated 14,000 pseudogenes are found in the human genome.