An overlapping gene could be defined as __________
a. one from which no proteins can be coded
b. one in which one gene is part of another gene
c. one in which the same sequence of DNA codes for two nonhomologous proteins due to the presence of more than one reading frame
d. Both a and c
e. Both b and c
Ans: e
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