In Which Circumstance Would Microarrays Most Likely Be Used

question 138

Multiple Choice

In which circumstance would microarrays most likely be used?

• A) A biologist is interested in determining the effect of a particular SNP of a gene on flowering time of a plant.
• B) A lab is studying a gene and its effects on mouse behavior; they want to know whether knocking out that gene alters food-seeking behavior.
• C) A developmental biologist is examining genome-wide patterns of gene expression in different tissues of a fish in response to cold stress.
• D) An evolutionary biologist is interested in whether genes that are on the X chromosome evolve faster than those that are autosomal.
• E) A lab wants to make large quantities of a pharmaceutical drug using cows.

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