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Explain how epigenetic changes can lead to cancer and what treatments would be required to reverse these changes.

If you had a chance to get your genome sequenced, what are some questions you might be able to have answered about yourself?

The presence of the disease sickle cell anemia illustrates that natural selection does not always eliminate ________ alleles.

You sequence a gene of interest and isolate the matching mRNA. You find that the mRNA is considerably shorter than the DNA sequence. Why is that?

How many cells with different genetic variations are possible after a single round of meiosis?

What happens when tryptophan is present?

How can proteomics complement genomics?

PCR methods have many applications in the analysis and use of nucleic acids. Explain the steps involved in this process.

What are regions 1 through 5 in the diagram?

Several human diseases are caused by an error in mRNA splicing. Explain why this occurs.