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Transcomplementation is a name sometimes given for a test to see whether a gene from one organism can "rescue" a loss-of-function mutant of a different organism with a homologous gene. To which of the following processes might this term apply?


A) replacement of a nonfunctional globin gene with a globin pseudogene
B) substitution of a drought-resistant gene from potato plants with a drought-resistant gene from a cactus species
C) introduction of a human WEE1 gene into a yeast culture with wee1- mutants
D) replacement of a cdc25- with a cdc13+ gene to rescue a cell cycle dysfunction
E) use of Drosophila heat shock gene promoters to regulate heat shock genes in fugu

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