Which Experiment Most Closely Confirms the Linkage Between DNA $\rightarrow$ A Gene

question 60

Multiple Choice

Which experiment most closely confirms the linkage between DNA $\rightarrow$ a gene $\rightarrow$ a gene product $\rightarrow$ the behavior that results from that product?

• A)experiments with the inland and coastal garter snakes and their food preferences
• B)experiments with the Fischer lovebirds and their nest-building behavior
• C)experiments with laughing gull chicks and their pecking behavior to solicit food from the mother gull
• D)experiments with white-crowned sparrows and the critical period for learning bird songs
• E)experiments with Aplysia snails and their egg-laying behavior

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