Dosage compensation refers to the fact that:

A. the level of expression for a given gene is
directly related to the number of copies of the
gene.
B. genes on the Y chromosome must be
expressed at higher levels than would
otherwise be the case because they are not
homologous with genes on the X
chromosome.
C. genes on the X chromosome must be
expressed at lower levels than would
otherwise be the case because they are not
homologous with genes on the Y
chromosome.
D. X chromosome genes must be regulated
differently in males and females because
members of one sex have 2 X chromosomes,
whereas members of the other have only 1.
E. None of these choices are correct.


D

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