Which of the Following Statements About Conditional Alleles Is FALSE

question 14

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about conditional alleles is FALSE?

• A)Conditional alleles allow for the study of lethal mutations in haploid organisms.
• B)Conditional alleles are only defective under high temperature conditions.
• C)Conditional alleles can be used to study tissue-specific gene function in diploid organisms.
• D)Conditional alleles behave like the wild-type allele under permissive conditions.

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