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What is the molecular mechanism for imprinting a gene?

A) Acetylation
B) Nitration
C) Phosphorylation
D) Methylation

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In the Igf2 gene, which allele is expressed?

A) Paternal
B) Maternal
C) Both maternal and paternal
D) Neither allele is expressed

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A modification that occurs to a nuclear gene that alters gene expression without modifying the DNA sequence is called ________ inheritance.

Heteroplasmy is associated with inheritance patterns involving

mtDNA stands for ________ and cpDNA stands for ________.

The Lyon hypothesis attempts to explain the molecular mechanism of ________.

A symbiotic relationship where one organism lives inside another species is called ________.

The inheritance of leaf pigmentation in the four-o'clock plant Mirabilis jalapa is an example of ________.

In which cells do erasure and re-establishment of imprinting marks typically not occur?

What is a disease associated with extra nuclear inheritance?

Monoallelic expression is associated with which of the following?

The inheritance patterns of genetic material that is not contained in the nucleus of the cell is called ________.

Which diseases are associated with imprinting?

Who is largely responsible for proposing the endosymbiosis theory?

Dosage compensation offsets the problems associated with differences in the number of ________ chromosomes in many species.

If the sperm cell contributes mitochondria to the oocyte, it is called ________.

In maternal effect, the ________ of the mother determines the ________ of the offspring.

Which of the following is false regarding human mtDNA?

Who originally identified a highly condensed structure in the interphase of nuclei?

What is thought to be the origin of mitochondria and chloroplasts?