The human Prader-Willi and Angelman diseases result from

a. mutated demethylase genes.
b. deletion of a gene that controls X-inactivation.
c. deletion of a region that controls gene imprinting.
d. prions.
e. gene duplication that causes overexpression of a methyltransferase.


Ans: c

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