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A New Species of Plant Was Discovered and Its Genome

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A new species of plant was discovered and its genome was sequenced. A BLAST search was performed on a small section of one of the chromosomes and one gene in this region showed 98% similarity to a gene in Arabidopsis. Based on this information, which of the following statements is FALSE?


A) The gene in the new species of plant and the gene in Arabidopsis are homologous.
B) The gene in the new species of plant and the gene in Arabidopsis likely encode proteins with similar functions.
C) The gene in the new species of plant and the gene in Arabidopsis are paralogs.
D) The new species of plant and Arabidopsis are evolutionarily related.
E) The new species of plant and Arabidopsis likely have a common ancestor.

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