Some animals like C. elegans, do not have 5-methylcytosine, but do have methylated adenine. It is not known that the methylated adenine replaces the function of methylated cytosine, but, if it does, which of the following would you predict? That removing the methyl groups from adenines in C. elegans would increase gene expression That removing the methyl groups from adenines in C. elegans would decrease gene expression That removing the methyl groups from adenines C. elegans would have no effect on gene expression

Some animals like C. elegans, do not have 5-methylcytosine, but do have methylated adenine. It is not known that the methylated adenine replaces the function of methylated cytosine, but, if it does, which of the following would you predict? That removing the methyl groups from adenines in C. elegans would increase gene expression That removing the methyl groups from adenines in C. elegans would decrease gene expression That removing the methyl groups from adenines C. elegans would have no effect on gene expression

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Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)

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Author:Michael Cummings

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Chapter11: Genome Alterations: Mutation And Epigenetics

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Problem 10QP: If the coding region of a gene (the exons) contains 2,100 base pairs of DNA, would a missense...

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