In Your Research,you Are Comparing the Transcriptome and the Proteome

Multiple Choice

In your research,you are comparing the transcriptome and the proteome for two related species.One gene in species B has a similar transcript but a much smaller protein than in species A,and the protein seems to be nonfunctional.What do you predict about this gene? (Select all that apply)

A) It is a pseudogene.
B) It will have an increased number of persistent mutations in species B.
C) It probably has a STOP codon early in the coding region.
D) It probably has a defect in the enhancer region.
E) It probably is not methylated correctly.