Long interspersed nuclear elements (LINEs) found in eukaryotic genomes

A) are mobile pieces of DNA called transposons that can copy themselves and move around the genome.
B) are thought to create genomic variability important to evolutionary adaptation.
C) are repeated 10–1000 times in clusters near centromeres and telomeres.
D) are part of constitutive heterochromatin.
E) are mobile pieces of DNA called transposons that can copy themselves and move around the genome, and they are thought to create genomic variability important to evolutionary adaptation.


Answer: E

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