Jack and Jill Go Up a Hill That Has High

question 11

Multiple Choice

Jack and Jill go up a hill that has high levels of gamma radiation emission. Jack suffers 10 point mutational events in a noncoding region, and Jill suffers only one frameshift mutation in the insulin gene-coding region of all her pancreatic beta cells. What are the possible and probable outcomes of these events for both people?

• A)Jack will have major deficiencies in the production of 10 proteins; Jill will have reduced insulin activity.
• B)Jack will have less functional proteins and an increased risk for cancer; Jill will have type 2 diabetes mellitus.
• C)Jack will have few, if any, effects on protein synthesis but will have more personal DNA markers; Jill will not produce any functional insulin and will have type 1 diabetes mellitus.
• D)Jack will not have any change in protein synthesis or function; Jill will have an increased risk for developing type 1 diabetes mellitus and can pass this risk on to her children.

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