Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
14th Edition
ISBN: 9781305073951
Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 10, Problem 9SQ
A gene that is knocked out is ________.
- a. deleted
- b. inactivated
- c. expressed
- d. either a or b
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Chapter 10 Solutions
Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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