Transposable elements

How can transposable elements promote functional genetic diversity in a population? (2 points)

I. Insertion into a regulatory sequence may alter the strength of transcription.

II. Insertion into an intro may provide an alternative splice site, producing a protein with a new exon.

III. Insertion into an mRNA strand may change the amino acid sequence produced.

I only

I and II

II and III

II only

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