For each statement below, indicate if it is TRUE orFALSE and explain why.
(a) All highly conserved stretches of DNA in the genomeare transcribed into RNA.
(b) To find functionally important regions of thegenome, it is more useful to compare species whose last commonancestor lived 100 million years ago rather than 5 million yearsago.
(c) Most mutations and genome alterations have neutralconsequences.
(d) Proteins required for growth, metabolism, and celldivision are more highly conserved than those involved indevelopment and in responding to the environment.
(e) Introns and transposons tend to slow the evolutionof new genes.
