Mapping Studies Have Determined That Within a Group of Mutants

question 33

Multiple Choice

Mapping studies have determined that within a group of mutants with the same growth requirements (i.e. ,the same overt phenotype) ,individual mutations are on different chromosomes.This indicates that

• A) the same gene governs all the steps in a particular biological pathway.
• B) different genes can govern different individual steps in the same biological pathway.
• C) different genes govern the same step in a particular biological pathway.
• D) all biological pathways are governed by different genes.
• E) genes do not govern steps in biological pathways,but proteins do.

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