Please Use the Following Information to Answer the Question(s) Below

question 62

Multiple Choice

Please use the following information to answer the question(s) below.
A group of six students has taken samples of their own cheek cells, purified the DNA, and used a restriction enzyme known to cut at zero, one, or two sites in a particular gene of interest.
-Why might they be conducting such an experiment?

• A) to find the location of this gene in the human genome
• B) to prepare to isolate the chromosome on which the gene of interest is found
• C) to find which of the students has which alleles
• D) to collect population data that can be used to assess natural selection

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Definitions:

Heritability

The proportion of variance in a particular trait within a population that is attributable to genetic differences among individuals.

Free Will

The concept that humans have the capacity to choose and act upon their own decision making, free from predestination or determinism.

Humanism

A psychological approach focusing on examining the entire individual and the distinctiveness of each person's experiences.

Psychoanalysis

A therapeutic approach founded by Sigmund Freud focusing on unconscious mental processes and early childhood experiences.