Multiple Choice
What is the most significant advantage of using RNAi to study development?
A) Geneticists have only been able to identify a subset of the genes involved in development.
B) Genetic studies on a single gene can be completed without the creation or isolation of new mutant organisms.
C) RNA is easy to isolate.
D) RNAi causes phenotypes not typical of in vivo development.
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