Why Is RNAi Now Used as a Strategy for Investigating

question 50

Multiple Choice

Why is RNAi now used as a strategy for investigating the effect of a missing protein more often than generating an organism that possesses a mutant gene?

• A)It is easier to generate an organism that possesses a mutant gene than to synthesize a small RNA.
• B)Small RNAs are less stable than organisms.
• C)Mutant genes are much easier to synthesize.
• D)It is easier to synthesize a small RNA than to generate an organism that possesses a mutant gene.
• E)Small RNAs are much more sensitive.

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