Why do microsatellites, such as the one that causes Huntington's disea – McqOptions

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1.	Why do microsatellites, such as the one that causes Huntington's disease, occur in genomes?
A.	Microsatellites are caused by insertion of DNA material by viruses
B.	Microsatellites are a result of very slow evolutionary processes
C.	The body is better able to interpret microsatellite sequences into proteins, so they are more common in the genome
D.	DNA polymerase "stutters" on repeated bases during DNA replication and adds or deletes bases
Answer» E.

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