Multiple Choice
A genomic condition that may be responsible for some forms of fragile X syndrome,as well as Huntington disease,involves ________.
A) plasmids inserted into the FMR-1 gene
B) various lengths of trinucleotide repeats
C) multiple breakpoints fairly evenly dispersed along the X chromosome
D) multiple inversions in the X chromosome
E) single translocations in the X chromosome
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