Refer to the Table Showing Results from an Experiment in Which

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Essay

Refer to the table showing results from an experiment in which researchers used CRISPR technology to knock out various genes from a fly.They then examined the developmental time (in days, with calculated means) and larval survival (percent, with calculated means) for each treatment.(Note: The "x" marks genes that have been knocked out.) Besides CRISPR, what two other technologies could be used for such studies examining effects of knocking out gene expression? Of these two, which is generally preferred, and why?

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