Why Is the Understanding of Molecular Genetics an Important Set

question 49

Multiple Choice

Why is the understanding of molecular genetics an important set of scientific discoveries?

• A) The discovery of the structure and other properties of DNA requires us to throw out Mendel's observations.
• B) Without understanding molecular genetics it would be impossible to discover the dominant or recessive properties of common genes.
• C) We can now describe the processes underlying Mendel's observations in ways that explain evolution more fully, and understand disease and physiology much more precisely.
• D) We now understand the origin, or genesis, of molecules.

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