Why Is RNAi Now Used as a Strategy for Investigating

Multiple Choice

Why is RNAi now used as a strategy for investigating the effect of a missing protein more often than generating an organism that possesses a mutant gene?

A) It is easier to generate an organism that possesses a mutant gene than to synthesize a small RNA.
B) Small RNAs are less stable than organisms.
C) Mutant genes are much easier to synthesize.
D) It is easier to synthesize a small RNA than to generate an organism that possesses a mutant gene.
E) Small RNAs are much more sensitive.