Choose the true statements about orthologs and paralogs.
_____ Orthologs are likely to have the same function.
_____ Both orthologs and paralogs result from gene duplication.
_____ The sequence of an ortholog is more likely to be conserved than the sequence of a paraloge.
_____ Paralogs are more likely to be pseudogenes than are orthologs.
_____ Paralogs often evolve new functions.
__X__ Orthologs are likely to have the same function.
_____ Both orthologs and paralogs result from gene duplication.
__X__ The sequence of an ortholog is more likely to be conserved than the sequence of a paraloge.
__X__ Paralogs are more likely to be pseudogenes than are orthologs.
__X__ Paralogs often evolve new functions.
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