Which of the Following Is True About the Knockout Technique

question 21

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true about the knockout technique?

• A) It compares the epistatic and additive effects of a disabled gene.
• B) It uses a linkage map to examine the heritability of a gene that has been disabled.
• C) It breaks gene-environment interactions by disabling a gene.
• D) It compares the behavior of wild-type individuals and those with a disabled gene.
• E) It allows estimation of heritability by disabling a gene.

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