Pauling Used Gel Electrophoresis to Confirm That Homozygous Individuals Produce

question 13

Multiple Choice

Pauling used gel electrophoresis to confirm that homozygous individuals produce a single form of β-globin protein that differs depending on the homozygous genotype as well as that heterozygotes produce proteins of both types in approximately equal concentration.What characteristic(s) of the bands proved this?

• A)the positions of the protein bands
• B)the densitometry peaks of each band
• C)the shape of each band
• D)both the positions and the densitometry peaks of each band
• E)both the shape and the position of each band

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