What Changes Are Evident in the Brain of Palaemon, Who

question 118

Multiple Choice

What changes are evident in the brain of Palaemon, who is in middle childhood?

• A) increases in synaptic connections
• B) increases in myelination
• C) greater rates of synaptic pruning
• D) all of these

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Eukaryotic Transcription

The process by which genetic information from DNA is copied to messenger RNA in cells with a nucleus.

Upstream Promoter Elements

DNA sequences located before (upstream of) the coding sequence of a gene that help initiate transcription by binding specific proteins.

Enhancers

Regulatory DNA sequences that enhance gene transcription; can be located long distances away from the actual coding regions of a gene.