Some people are unable to properly metabolize the drug Purinethol, which is given to patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia; therefore, such patients must be first tested for the associated genetic variant to determine proper dosage of the drug. This scenario best illustrates the use of _____

a. pharmacogenomics
b. map-based sequencing
c. positional cloning
d. annotation of DNA sequences
e. comparative genomics


a

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Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.

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