Which of the following statements is(are) true of

homeotic genes?
a. More than one hundred of them have been
identified.
b. The same mechanisms control their transcription
regardless of the species.
c. Many of them are functionally interchangeable
among species.
d. They likely evolved in the most ancient
eukaryotic cells.
e. All of these are true.


Answer: e

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