What is an allele-specific oligonucleotide?

What will be an ideal response?


An allele-specific oligonucleotide is a stretch of DNA capable of either base pairing with a specific allele or failing to do so. Either way, such oligonucleotides can be used, under stringent hybridization conditions, to detect minor differences in DNA sequences.

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What type of reasoning did the pediatrician use to generate her prediction about Luke’s future growth in height?



A. Inductive reasoning
B. Applied theory
C. Deductive reasoning
D. Reductionism

Clarify Question
1. What is the key concept addressed by the question?
2. What type of thinking is required?
3. What key words does the question contain and what do they mean?

Gather Content
1. What do you know about different types of reasoning?How does it relate to the question?

Consider Possibilities
1. What other information is related to the question? Which information is most useful?

Choose Answer
1. •Given what you now know, what information and/or problem solving approach is most likely to
produce the correct answer?

Reflect on Process
1. Did your problem-solving process lead you to the correct answer? If not, where did the process break
down or lead you astray? How can you revise your approach to produce a more desirable result?

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The process by which one species gives rise to multiple species that exploit different features of the environment is called ________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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A group of international students is having a heated discussion in the dining hall. "Your country needs to get its population under control!" asserts a student from the United States. "Perhaps," replies the Indian student, "but your country ________."

A. has a much higher birth rate B. has the lowest infant mortality rate C. also has a big population overgrowth problem D. has the highest per capita resource consumption, ten times greater than mine

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The distinction between causality and correlation is best described as:

A. causality implies positive amounts of co-movement, correlation implies negative amounts of co-movement. B. causality implies a change in one variable creates a change in another, correlation implies variables move together. C. correlation implies a change in one variable creates a change in another, causality measures co-movement. D. None of the answers is correct.

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