Which gene-altering event is most likely to create a new gene encoding a functional protein?
a. gene duplication followed by small mutations
b. gene duplication followed by large mutations
c. exon shuffling
d. transposition of DNA sequences
e. inversion of DNA sequences
ANSWER: a
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