Mouse Mutations Can Affect an Animal's Appetite and Eating Habits

question 13

Multiple Choice

Mouse mutations can affect an animal's appetite and eating habits.The ob gene codes for a satiety factor,the hormone leptin.The db gene product,the leptin receptor,is required to respond to the satiety factor.
-Leptin is a product of adipose cells.Therefore,a very obese mouse would be expected to have

• A)increased gene expression of ob and decreased expression of db.
• B)increased gene expression of db and decreased expression of ob.
• C)decreased transcription of both ob and db.
• D)mutation of ob or db.
• E)same levels of transcription and non-obese mice

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