For an Organism to Survive a Deletion of More Than

question 27

Multiple Choice

For an organism to survive a deletion of more than a few genes, it must carry a nondeleted homolog of the deleted chromosome.This organism is known as

• A)a deletion heterozygote.
• B)a deletion homozygote.
• C)dosage compensation.
• D)a triplolethal chromosome.

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