Biology (11th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 1259188132
ISBN 13: 978-1-25918-813-8

Chapter 18 - Genomics - Review Questions - Understand - Page 373: 6

Answer

B.

Work Step by Step

Genome assembly relies, whatever the source of the data, on unique sequences and overlaps so that different pieces of the genome can be overlapped and placed in the correct order. Repetitive DNA confuses this process by allowing multiple possible alignments. A., C., and D. are simply not true.
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