What Did the Scientists Conclude from Figure 4

question 19

Multiple Choice

What did the scientists conclude from figure 4.24?

• A)The fewer copies of a defective CFTR gene an organism has, the more resistant it is to cholera toxin
• B)The number of defective CFTR genes did not correlate with resistance to cholera toxin
• C)The more cholera toxin an organism was exposed to, the more copies of its CFTR gene that became defective
• D)The more cholera toxin an organism was exposed to, fewer copies of its CFTR gene that became defective
• E)The more copies of a defective CFTR gene an organism has, the more resistant it is to cholera toxin

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