A DNA Microarray Is a Tool That Owes Its Existence

question 31

Multiple Choice

A DNA microarray is a tool that owes its existence to earlier genomics investigations.What essential contribution of genomics makes microarrays possible?

• A)recently improved RNA sequencing technologies
• B)continuously improving methods of gene cloning
• C)more efficient techniques for cDNA synthesis
• D)knowledge of which DNA sequences to synthesize for the array
• E)The concept that hybridization between single-stranded nucleic acids can be used as a means of identifying any DNA sequence.

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