The Value of Studying a Transcriptome Rather Than a Genome

question 34

Multiple Choice

The value of studying a transcriptome rather than a genome is that

• A) RNA is much easier to work with than DNA.
• B) using bacterial RNA eliminates the introns they all have.
• C) one can get a snapshot of what genes are expressed under some conditions but not others.
• D) a transcriptome is more related to the protein.
• E) deep sequencing can only be performed on RNA.

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