While Investigating a Gene That Might Be Responsible for Pathogen

question 58

Multiple Choice

While investigating a gene that might be responsible for pathogen resistance in the plant Arabidopsis, you discover that many of the nucleotides in the gene sequence are methylated. What might this methylation do to the expression of this gene?

• A) nothing
• B) increase
• C) decrease

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