After finding a new medicinal plant,a pharmaceutical company decides to determine if the plant has any genes that are the same or similar to those of other known medicinal plants.To do this,the company annotates the genome which will _____.

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Annotating the genome involves identifying genes and their positions within the genome, which allows for comparisons to other known medicinal plants. This does not necessarily determine what protein could be synthesized or what mRNA transcripts are available, nor does it provide information on how gene products interact to produce phenotypes.

After Finding a New Medicinal Plant,a Pharmaceutical Company Decides to Determine