Sites in the Genome That Are More Susceptible to Mutations

question 154

Multiple Choice

Sites in the genome that are more susceptible to mutations than others are called:

• A)mutation spots.
• B)hotspots.
• C)risk factors.
• D)genes.
• E)noncoding DNA.

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Definitions:

Observations

These are the individual pieces of data or measurements collected during a study or experiment.

Ranks

Positions in an ordered list, often used in statistics to organize data points based on their value or score.

Difference

The result of subtracting one quantity from another; how much one number differs from another.

Kruskal-Wallis Test

A nonparametric statistical test that assesses whether there are statistically significant differences between two or more groups of an independent variable on a continuous or ordinal dependent variable.