When Variations in a Single Base Are Responsible for the Difference

question 40

Multiple Choice

 When variations in a single base are responsible for the difference between two alleles, the resulting condition is known as

• A) X inactivation.
• B) an imprinted gene.
• C) a SNP.
• D) a mutation.

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