DNA phenotyping represents an emerging technology that uses SNPs to determine physical features. Describe why DNA phenotyping faces skepticism in court rooms and from other scientists with regard to its accuracy

What will be an ideal response?


DNA phenotyping faces scrutiny and skepticism due to its reliance on multiple genes as well as multiple SNPs in those genes to provide a rather low probability of a correct identification.

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Of the different types of bryophytes, which has the sporophyte generation that lives the longest?

A. mosses B. hornworts C. quillworts D. horsetails E. liverworts

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Boiling DNA can produce ____

a. salicylic acid b. auxins c. cytokinins d. abscisic acid e. jasmonates

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The process by which plants take up and concentrate or degrade environmental contaminants is called ________

a. bioaugmentation b. bioremediation c. phytoremediation d. photosynthesis e. cellular respiration

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