A pediatric patient has rare and severe symptoms that do not seem to fit any known disorder. There is no one else in the patient’s family who has similar symptoms. Which of the following tests is the next best option to help the patient?

RNA polymerase:

In aligning two sequences together, the better alignment is one that:

When can a mutation be designated as a SNP?

Which is the most likely way that a copy number variant will lead to a disease phenotype?

When a sperm fertilizes a diploid oocyte, what can result?

What is the following features is the least impressive about Pacific Biosciences SMRT sequencing technology?

These two HLA loci house the greatest genetic determinants for many autoimmune diseases…

A valid drawback of using a virus as a vector for gene therapy is that

Of the three situations below, which gene is likely to be expressed the most?