If a mutant protein is much smaller than the normal protein, the mutation responsible must be a deletion of many nucleotides.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


Answer: False.

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a. digestive system. b. respiratory system. c. reproductive system. d. intestinal system. e. urinary system

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Many children born with ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (OTC) die within seventy-two hours of birth. Jesse Gelsinger was not diagnosed with OTC until he was two because ________ and therefore his symptoms were milder.

A) his defective gene was autosomal recessive B) he was a mosaic C) of X-inactivation in males D) of parental imprinting

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