Feeding a Specific Diet to Female Mice May Result in an Increased

question 17

Multiple Choice

Feeding a specific diet to female mice may result in an increased proportion of pseudo-agouti offspring if

• A) the diet is low in folic acid and vitamin B₁₂.
• B) the offspring carry the Avy allele.
• C) the transposon at the Avy locus in the progeny is hypermethylated.

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