Why Are Conditional Knockout Animals Desirable

question 13

Multiple Choice

Why are conditional knockout animals desirable?

• A)Genes that are essential for development can be deleted in the adult or only in specific tissues.
• B)Animal cell lines with deletions can be created.
• C)They are easier to create than standard knockout animals.
• D)The mutations they create are more stable than those created by standard knockout techniques.

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