Molecular Basis Of Inheritance Question 171
Question: If the nucleus of a frog egg is destroyed and replaced with the nucleus of an intestinal cell from a tadpole, the egg can develop into a normal tadpole. This demonstrates that:
Options:
A) Intestinal cells are fully differentiated.
B) There is little functional difference between an egg cell and an intestinal cell.
C) An intestinal cell possesses a full set of genes.
D) Intestinal cells are not differentiated.
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Answer:
Correct Answer: C
Solution:
[c] This illustrates that all of the genetic information needed by the different types of tissues making up a frog are retained by an intestinal cell.
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