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#Question id: 5205


Why is it preferable to use large computers and databases in searching for individual genes, rather than testing each sequence for possible function?

#SCPH06 I Botany
  1. Testing for function would require too many cells.

  2. Testing for function would require knowing the species, its life stage, and its phylogeny.

  3. Testing for function would require knowing where a particular gene starts and ends and how it is regulated.

  4. Use of computer databases is intellectually less rigorous.