Which of the Following Statements About Microarrays Is False

question 32

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about microarrays is false?

• A)Microarrays enable scientists to determine the activity of thousands of genes at once.
• B)Microarrays use tiny portions of double-stranded RNA fragments from a large number of genes.
• C)Microarrays are used to determine which genes are active in different tissues or in tissues of different states of health.
• D)Microarrays use fluorescently labeled cDNA molecules to identify particular genes expressed at a particular time.

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