What Is the Relationship Between Methylation and Genomic Imprinting

question 4

Multiple Choice

What is the relationship between methylation and genomic imprinting?

• A)Differential methylation of alleles in males and females resuilts in only one of the parental alleles being transcriptionally active in the offspring.
• B)Methylation of alleles silences the alleles from both parents, no alleles are transcriptionally active.
• C)Reversible methylation in the males alleles results in the males alleles only being expressed late in development.
• D)Reversible methylation in the females alleles results in the females alleles only being expressed late in development.

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Definitions:

Amphibian

A class of cold-blooded vertebrates that can live both in water and on land, including frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts.

Mammal

Warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding their young.

Dog

A domesticated carnivorous mammal (Canis familiaris) that has been selectively bred over millennia for various behaviors, sensory capabilities, and physical attributes.

Sequenced

Sequenced refers to the process of determining the precise order of nucleotides in a strand of DNA or RNA, providing detailed genetic information.