Choose the true statements about pseudogenes. 

_____ Premature stop codons can produce pseudogenes.
_____ Missense mutations can produce pseudogenes.
_____ Pseudogenes have DNA sequences very similar to a functional gene.
_____ Pseudogenes result from horizontal gene transfer.


__X__ Premature stop codons can produce pseudogenes.
__X__ Missense mutations can produce pseudogenes.
__X__ Pseudogenes have DNA sequences very similar to a functional gene.
_____ Pseudogenes result from horizontal gene transfer.

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