Briefly Describe the Mutant Status of the HD Gene

question 4

Essay

Briefly describe the mutant status of the HD gene.

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Definitions:

Colonization

The process by which a central system of power dominates the surrounding land and its components, often involving the settlement of its population and exploitation of resources.

Slaveholding Border States

Refers to the U.S. states on the border between the North and South that permitted slavery during the Civil War but did not secede from the Union.

Radical Republicans

A faction of American politicians within the Republican Party of the United States from about 1854 until the end of Reconstruction in 1877, who believed in the immediate emancipation of the slaves and harsh repercussions for the Southern states.