Trinucleotide repeat diseases are caused by __________

a. insertion mutations
b. autosomal recessive mutations
c. deletion mutations
d. point mutations


Answer a

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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a. shell fish b. algae c. non-human primates d. viruses

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Minimal categories of speech sounds that serve to keep utterances apart are called

a. morphemes. b. minimal pairs. c. words. d. phonemes.

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Which of the following is true about cell-free fetal DNA?

A. it refers to small pieces of maternal DNA detected after 10 weeks of gestation B. it can be detected in the blood only after 25-27 weeks of gestation C. it refers to small fragments of fetal DNA that cannot be distinguished from the mother's DNA in the blood D. it originates from the placenta

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