Genes that are derived from a common ancestral sequence, and are separated by a speciation event such as the RNASE1 gene in douc langur monkeys and the RNASE1 gene in humans, are described as ________

A) duplicated genes
B) orthologous genes
C) homologous genes
D) paralogous genes
E) derived genes


B

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