According to the in Focus Box on Neurodiversity, About 10

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True/False

According to the In Focus box on neurodiversity, about 10 percent of autistic people are autistic savants who have some extraordinary talent or ability in math, music, or art.

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Definitions:

Always Expressed

refers to genes or traits that are continually active or manifest in an organism, regardless of environmental conditions.

Cell

The smallest structural and functional unit of an organism, typically microscopic and consisting of cytoplasm and a nucleus enclosed in a membrane.

Activator Protein

A positive regulatory protein that stimulates transcription when bound to DNA. Compare with repressor protein.

Positive Control

A genetic control system in which a regulatory protein binds to DNA, turning on transcription of a gene. Compare with negative control.