What Experiment Led to the Identification of the DSCR Down

question 36

Multiple Choice

What experiment led to the identification of the DSCR Down Syndrome Critical Region ?

• A)an extra DSCR was injected into yeast cells
• B)transgenic humans were developed that had a duplicated DSCR
• C)a mouse model was developed lacking the DSCR
• D)cancer cells were sequenced to identify the VEGF gene
• E)a mouse model was developed trisomic for the DSCR

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