Multigene families are
a) usually clustered at the telomeres.
b) identical or similar genes that have evolved by gene duplication.
c) groups of enhancers that control transcription.
d) sets of genes that are coordinately controlled.
e) equivalent to the operons of prokaryotes.
Ans: b) identical or similar genes that have evolved by gene duplication.
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