When Louis Kunkel discovered the gene associated with Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy in the 1980s, he then needed to determine _____
a. the MIM number of the gene
b. whether the gene was linked to blood type
c. how the mutant gene produces the disease phenotype
d. whether to use positional cloning to clone the gene
e. how many copy number variants were present in the gene
c
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a. population b. biosphere c. community d. organism
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A. incomplete cleavage B. complete cleavage C. fewer, smaller cells in vegetal pole D. a blastocyst
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A. a small island far from the mainland B. a large island near the mainland C. the mainland D. a small island near the mainland E. a large island far from the mainland