A Researcher Decides to Do a Study That Closely Follows

question 30

Multiple Choice

A researcher decides to do a study that closely follows a design that is suggested by a colleague,but does not include the colleague as a co-author or cite him/her for the suggestion.This situation can most accurately be described as a case of:

• A) replication
• B) idea plagiarism
• C) "cooking" data
• D) ethical behavior

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Definitions:

Unwound Chromatin

Refers to the relaxed form of chromatin, making it accessible for processes like transcription and replication.

Nucleosomes

Repeating units of chromatin structure, each consisting of a length of DNA wound around a complex of eight histone molecules. Adjacent nucleosomes are connected by a DNA linker region associated with another histone protein.

Scaffolding Proteins

Nonhistone proteins that help maintain the structure of a chromosome.

Pericentriolar Material

Fibrils surrounding the centrioles in the microtubule-organizing centers in cells of animals and other organisms having centrioles.