Chapter 27.6, Problem 1MC

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The location of taste genes present in the whales. Also determine the non-functional genes.

Concept introduction:

Whales are the largest living mammals on the earth. They are the huge aquatic animals with the optimum life span of about $\text{29}\text{years}$. They belong to the phylum Chordate and family Cetacea. They are divided into two groups; baleen and toothed whales. Baleen includes the giant blue whales and toothed whales include the dolphins, and porpoises. They reproduce through the sexual mode of reproduction, and feeds in the oceans.