Multiple Choice
The best way to detect whether lateral gene transfer has occurred would be by
A) looking for orphaned LTRs in the genome.
B) looking for genes whose phylogenies differ from those of most other genes.
C) bioprospecting.
D) comparing the ratios of synonymous and nonsynonymous substitutions.
E) comparing the transition-to-transversion ratios.
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