What Is the Implication of the Agouti Mice Experiments with Methylation

question 19

Multiple Choice

What is the implication of the Agouti mice experiments with methylation?

• A)Methylation has the potential to affect the expression of polygenic traits but not monogenic traits.
• B)Epigenetic changes in gene expression can become more severe with each new generation.
• C)Some variations in phenotype are not related to DNA allele sequence variation.
• D)Epigenetic changes are reversible when DNA repair mechanisms are active.

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