Altering Patterns of Gene Expression in Prokaryotes Would Most Likely

question 49

Multiple Choice

Altering patterns of gene expression in prokaryotes would most likely serve an organism's survival by ________.

• A) organising gene expression, so that genes are expressed in a given order
• B) allowing each gene to be expressed an equal number of times
• C) allowing an organism to adjust to changes in environmental conditions
• D) allowing environmental changes to alter a prokaryote's genome

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