Which of the Following Techniques Is Used to Test for Unstable

question 19

Multiple Choice

Which of the following techniques is used to test for unstable trinucleotide repeats associated with Huntington's disease?

• A) Positional cloning
• B) DNA sequencing
• C) PCR
• D) In situ hybridization
• E) Northern blotting

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