Deterioration of Cognitive Abilities and Memory in Alzheimer's Patients May

question 251

Multiple Choice

Deterioration of cognitive abilities and memory in Alzheimer's patients may be attributable to:

• A)nonprescription drug usage earlier in life.
• B)a buildup of proteins that clump together in the spaces between neurons,interrupting their normal activity.
• C)normal aging processes that are unavoidable.
• D)one gene that definitively determines whether the disease will appear.

Understand the principles of gene regulation and gene regulatory networks.

Explain the process and significance of gene duplication and gene recruitment in evolution.

Describe the evolution of specific anatomical and physiological traits in animals.

Distinguish between different types of genetic changes and their roles in evolutionary adaptation.

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