The Expression of Some Genes Can Be Regulated in Part

question 29

Multiple Choice

The expression of some genes can be regulated in part by the pattern of alternative splicing.This is an example of

• A) DNA methylation.
• B) transcriptional regulation.
• C) catalytic RNA activity.
• D) posttranscriptional control.
• E) the endosymbiotic theory.

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Definitions:

Sample Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values in a sample population.

Population Standard Deviation

A measure that quantifies the spread or dispersion of a set of data points in a population from its mean value; it represents the square root of the variance of the population.

Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of numbers, calculated by summing them and dividing by the count of numbers.

Sample Range

The difference between the largest and smallest values in a sample, used as a measure of variability.