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How many copies of an autosomal dominant allele must a person have in order to show the disorder?

A person is heterozygous for a dominant autosomal allele. This person would not be affected by this disease.

For a ________________________________   trait, it takes two copies of the allele for women to show the condition but only one copy of the allele for men to show the condition, affected sons are born to unaffected mothers

CRISPR is different than gene therapy in that scientists can use CRISPR to correct the mutation in the gene, not replace the entire gene.

There is an FDA approved HIV vaccine that is typically given to all children in the U.S.  

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For an autosomal dominant trait ___________________________________.

Based on the videos you watched about GMOs, list two reasons scientists are proponents of genetically modified crops?

A sign that a newborn infant may have pyloric stenosis is:

Insert the following items into a B Tree with n = 3 and l = 2:  8, 6, 3, 1, 9, 4, 5, 0, 2 Note that the elements are inserted in the aforementioned order. State the left to right level order traversal of the tree separated by spaces, e.g. 2 1 3  n = maximum children a node can have l = maximum keys a leaf node can have