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A typical prokaryotic cell has about 3,000 genes in its DNA while a human cell has almost 21,000 genes About 1000 of these genes are present in both types of cells. (a) Based on your understanding of evolution explain how such different organisms could have this same subset of 1,000 genes. (b) What sorts of functions might these shared genes have? Justify your choices
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