Multiple Choice
According to a database kept by the HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee,there are currently six genes in the human genome for different variants of the protein collagen IV.Assuming that all these genes are derived from an ancestral gene,the most precise term for these genes would be ________.
A) homeotic
B) paralogous
C) transcription factors
D) structural
E) orthologous
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