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EVOLUTION CONNECTION DNA sequences can act as tape measures of evolution (see Chapter

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EVOLUTION CONNECTION DNA sequences can act as tape measures of evolution (see Chapter 5). Scientists analyzing the human genome sequence were surprised to find that some of the regions of the human genome that are most highly conserved (similar to comparable regions in other species) dont code for proteins. Propose a possible explanation for this observation.

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EVOLUTION CONNECTION DNA sequences can act as tape measures of evolution (see Chapter 5). Scientists analyzing the human genome sequence were surprised to find that some of the regions of the human genome that are most highly conserved (similar to comparable regions in other species) dont code for proteins. Propose a possible explanation for this observation.

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One possible explanation for this observation is that the conserved regions of the human genome that don't code for proteins may be regulatory regions. Regulatory regions are stretches of DNA

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