Question 5 (4 points) Thinking on how GENES are encoded on the genome, which of

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Question 5 (4 points) Thinking on how GENES are encoded on the genome, which of the following statement IS NOT TRUE? a) a given gene is always encoded on both DNA strands generating two complementary b) a given gene is encoded in only one of the DNA strands but it may occur on both c) copies. DNA strands. since genes are encoded only on one of the DNA strands, they may occur on 12 opposing DNA strands simultaneously and overlap with each other d)) in the computer, a given gene is always encoded by the sense DNA strand Save

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a. A given gene is always encoded on both the DNA strands generating complementary copies , this is not possible because if it does it will produce two different type of protein with different amino acid sequence which will be a problem.

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