The Practice of Introducing Functional Gene Copies into an Individual

question 27

Multiple Choice

The practice of introducing functional gene copies into an individual with two nonfunctional copies is known as:

• A) Gene cloning
• B) Gene therapy
• C) Gene diagnostics
• D) Southern blotting
• E) None of these

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