A Research Lab That Focuses on Studying the Aging Process

question 25

Multiple Choice

A research lab that focuses on studying the aging process is attempting to find the specific set of genes that control aging at the cellular level. It is likely that the researchers in this lab are operating from the ____________ model of development.

• A) psychosocial
• B) organismic
• C) existential
• D) mechanistic

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Trend Indication

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