A small fraction of Michigan residents (concentrated in the region near Ann Arbor) are believed to express MORE than the normal amount of the SPTN gene, thus making them especially resistant to any form of Spartanitis and changing the color profile chosen for body decoration. You hypothesize that this occurs due to them having extra copies of the SPTN gene (a copy number polymorphism). Briefly propose one experiment by which you might test this hypothesis.

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Gwendolyn Francis

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1 October, 06:40

A small fraction of Michigan residents (concentrated in the region near Ann Arbor) are believed to express MORE than the normal amount of the SPTN gene, thus making them especially resistant to any form of Spartanitis and changing the color profile chosen for body decoration. You hypothesize that this occurs due to them having extra copies of the SPTN gene (a copy number polymorphism). Briefly propose one experiment by which you might test this hypothesis.

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America Coleman · Answer 1

Test random people from the area and compare that to the national average.

Explanation:

In order to prove right or wrong your theory, you would just need to see how many people is living in the area, and then take random samples of their DNA in order to make tests to see if they have extra copies of the STPN gene, if your results show that they do have more than the national average then you are correct and that could be it, if they don't then you have to search for a different approach to the matter.