Which one of the following statements about pseudogenes is false?
A)Premature stop codons can produce pseudogenes.
B)Missense mutations can produce pseudogenes.
C)Pseudogenes cause gene inactivation.
D)Pseudogenes have DNA sequences very similar to a functional gene.
E)Pseudogenes result from horizontal gene transfer.

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Pseudogenes can result from mutations (such as premature stop codons or missense mutations) that inactivate a gene, but they do not result from horizontal gene transfer. Horizontal gene transfer is the movement of genetic material between organisms that are not offspring of each other, and it typically involves the transfer of functional genes, not pseudogenes.

Which One of the Following Statements About Pseudogenes Is False