Which statement about pseudogenes is true?
A) There often is little selective pressure to get rid of pseudogenes.
B) The sequences of a pseudogene and its functional counterpart are always very different.
C) Within a gene family,pseudogenes cannot outnumber functional genes.
D) Pseudogenes are found in multiple copies in order to maximize the production of the gene product.
E) Pseudogenes are the same as highly repetitive sequences.

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Pseudogenes have lost their function due to mutations and are no longer under selective pressure to maintain their function. Therefore, there is often little selective pressure to get rid of pseudogenes, and they can persist in the genome over long evolutionary periods.

Which Statement About Pseudogenes Is True