A researcher wants to create a mouse model for a disease, to allow her team to study possible therapies. The disease is known to be caused by a small deletion that removes a certain gene. Which type of mouse would be the best choice for this purpose?

A. Conditional knockout mouse activated by a drug
B. Tissue-specific gene knockout
C. Knockout mouse
D. Mutant derived by traditional forward genetics screen
E. Knockin mouse


Answer: C

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b. green algae
c. brown algae
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Which control method would not be a suitable choice for killing Mycobacterium in a capped culture tube?

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