Suppose You Have Just Discovered a Drosophila Gene That Has

question 34

Multiple Choice

Suppose you have just discovered a Drosophila gene that has a sequence similar to a gene of interest in humans.You need to have mutants of the Drosophila gene because

• A)you need to see whether fly mutants have a defect in the same system.
• B)you need to see whether the mutant produces the same phenotype.
• C)you need to see whether the Drosophila mutant disrupts the same metabolic pathway.
• D)you want to compare the mutant Drosophila sequence to each mutant human sequence.
• E)you need to have as many alleles in Drosophila as you have found in humans.

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