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Author: Peter Stiling, Robert Brooker, Linda Graham, Eric Widmaier
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Chapter 14.3, Problem 2CC
Why is this person so sensitive to sunlight?
Figure 15.9 An individual affected by xeroderma pigmentosum.
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Ch. 14.1 - Consequences of Mutations Concept Check: Based on...Ch. 14.1 - Prob. 2CCCh. 14.1 - Prob. 3CCCh. 14.2 - Prob. 1EQCh. 14.2 - Prob. 2EQCh. 14.2 - Prob. 3EQCh. 14.2 - Prob. 1CCCh. 14.2 - Prob. 2CCCh. 14.3 - DNA Repair Concept Check: Which components of the...Ch. 14.3 - Why is this person so sensitive to sunlight?...
Ch. 14.4 - Prob. 1CCCh. 14.4 - Prob. 1BCCh. 14.4 - Prob. 2CCCh. 14.4 - Prob. 3CCCh. 14.4 - Prob. 4CCCh. 14 - Prob. 1TYCh. 14 - Prob. 2TYCh. 14 - Prob. 3TYCh. 14 - Prob. 4TYCh. 14 - Prob. 5TYCh. 14 - The Ames test a. provides a way to determine if...Ch. 14 - Xeroderma pigmentosum a. is a genetic disorder...Ch. 14 - Prob. 8TYCh. 14 - Prob. 9TYCh. 14 - Prob. 10TYCh. 14 - Prob. 1CQCh. 14 - Prob. 2CQCh. 14 - Prob. 3CQCh. 14 - Prob. 1COQCh. 14 - Distinguish between spontaneous and induced...
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