Discovering the Location of a Gene (Or Genes)in Relation to a Marker

question 86

Multiple Choice

Discovering the location of a gene (or genes) in relation to a marker gene (whose position is already known) is the goal of

• A)genome-wide association method.
• B)linkage analysis.
• C)next-generation sequencing.
• D)collective sampling.

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Definitions:

Variances

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Weighted Sum

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