The Late C

question 16

Multiple Choice

The late C.K.Prahalad argued that countries at the bottom of the pyramid ______.

• A)deserve restitution from the colonial powers that historically exploited these countries
• B)should work with the United Nations to develop health programs for their impoverished people
• C)will soon be more economically powerful than the United States, France, and Germany combined
• D)represent a huge and largely untapped market with many business opportunities

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Definitions:

Gene

A sequence of DNA or RNA that codes for a molecule that has a function, acting as the basic unit of heredity in living organisms.

DNA Sequence

The order of nucleotides in a segment of DNA, determining genetic information and characteristics of living organisms.

RNA

Ribonucleic acid, a nucleic acid present in all living cells that plays a critical role in coding, decoding, regulation, and expression of genes.

Frameshift Mutations

Genetic mutations caused by insertions or deletions of a number of nucleotides in a DNA sequence that is not divisible by three, leading to a disruption of the reading frame during protein synthesis.