In the structural organization of many eukaryotic genes, individual exons may be related to which of the following?
A) the sequence of the intron that immediately precedes each exon
B) the number of polypeptides making up the functional protein
C) the various domains of the polypeptide product
D) the number of restriction enzyme cutting sites
E) the number of start sites for transcription

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Exons code for different domains of the polypeptide product. When the various exons combine in different ways, they create different domains of the protein.

In the Structural Organization of Many Eukaryotic Genes, Individual Exons