Positional Cloning Is Used to Link the Inheritance of a Disease

question 28

Multiple Choice

Positional cloning is used to link the inheritance of a disease in a pedigree to the inheritance of _____.

• A) other diseases or conditions
• B) a specific blood type
• C) other genes whose loci were known
• D) marker sequences produced by restriction enzymes
• E) X-linked genes

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Definitions:

Carbocation Rearrangement

A process where a carbocation (a positively charged carbon atom) changes its structure by moving a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group to a different carbon atom, often leading to a more stable carbocation.

Aqueous Acid

An acid solution in which water is the solvent, often used in chemical reactions that require a proton source.

Stereochemical

Pertaining to the spatial arrangement of atoms in a molecule and the impact of this arrangement on its chemical behavior.

Regio-

A prefix in chemistry indicating the region or specific location in a molecule where a reaction takes place or a particular group is located.