Multiple Choice
Why does a person who has a deletion of the coding regions for five genes on one chromosome 15 have some manifestations or overt problems?
A) The deletions occurred in an autosome and not in a sex chromosome.
B) He or she has only one copy of the gene alleles, which results in reduced function.
C) The overall expression of the deleted areas is the same as if trisomy 15 were present.
D) The deleted areas are introns rather than exons; thus, no compensation occurred on the homologous chromosome.
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