____________ proliferate by cutting and pasting the original copy to another part of the genome, while ____________ proliferate by reverse transcribing an mRNA copy of the original and inserting that into another part of the genome. Group of answer choices 1. Transposons; short tandem repeats 2. Retrotransposons; transposons 3. Retroviruses; transposable elements 4. Transposons; retrotransposons
____________ proliferate by cutting and pasting the original copy to another part of the genome, while ____________ proliferate by reverse transcribing an mRNA copy of the original and inserting that into another part of the genome. Group of answer choices 1. Transposons; short tandem repeats 2. Retrotransposons; transposons 3. Retroviruses; transposable elements 4. Transposons; retrotransposons
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____________ proliferate by cutting and pasting the original copy to another part of the genome, while ____________ proliferate by reverse transcribing an mRNA copy of the original and inserting that into another part of the genome.
Group of answer choices
1. Transposons; short tandem repeats
2. Retrotransposons; transposons
3. Retroviruses; transposable elements
4. Transposons; retrotransposons
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