What Do Each of the Genes Involved in Maturity-Onset Diabetes

question 19

Multiple Choice

What do each of the genes involved in maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) have in common?

• A)They are all located on the long arm of chromosome 6.
• B)They each play a role in the metabolism of glucose, or insulin action and release.
• C)Although they are of different sizes, they all contain the same exon and intron sequences.
• D)The genes that cause MODY are expressed only in the young and suppressed during adulthood.

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