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. bipedalism
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AIDS is caused by the retrovirus HIV, which makes DNA complementary to the viral RNA using
a. RNA polymerase b. beta-galactosidase c. RNA synthase d. ATPase e. reverse transcriptase
What will a mutant soybean plant that is unable to produce leghemoglobin most likely suffer from?
a. deficiency in magnesium b. deficiency in potassium c. deficiency in oxygen d. deficiency in nitrogen
How does mineral mobility affect the symptoms of deficiency?
A. Deficiency of a mobile nutrient usually affects older organs more than young ones B. Deficiency of a mobile nutrient usually affects younger organs more than older ones