Genetics: Analysis and Principles
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Author: Robert J. Brooker Professor Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 5.3, Problem 1COMQ
In mice, the copy of the Igf2 gene that is inherited from the mother is never expressed in her offspring. This happens because the Igf2 gene from the mother
a. always undergoes a mutation that inactivates its function.
b. is deleted during oogenesis.
c. is deleted during embryonic development.
d. is not transcribed in the somatic cells of the offspring.
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