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Which of the Following Are Used to Silence Specific Genes

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Which of the following are used to silence specific genes and hold promise for treating cancer or viral diseases, such as hepatitis B?


Definitions:

Conditioned Responding

A learning process in which an individual develops a response to a previously neutral stimulus by associating it with another stimulus that already elicits a response.

Stimulus Discrimination

The ability to distinguish between different stimuli, responding only to the specific stimulus that is conditioned.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with an unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a previously extinguished conditioned response after a period of no exposure to the conditioned stimulus.

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