The Process of Linkage Analysis Does NOT Rely on Which

question 9

Multiple Choice

The process of linkage analysis does NOT rely on which technique to determine the genetic causes of diseases?

• A) analysis of family pedigrees
• B) identification of SNPs that are most often inherited with the disease-causing gene
• C) the sequence of the entire chromosome where the disease-causing gene is located to directly identify it
• D) comparing the DNA of people who have the disease with the DNA of people who don't have the disease
• E) obtaining many sequences of a region of the chromosome that is associated with the disease

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