Let’s suppose that a vertebrate organism carries a mutation that causes some cells that normally differentiate into nerve cells to differentiate into muscle cells. A molecular analysis reveals that this mutation is in a gene that encodes a DNA methyltransferase. Explain how an alteration in a DNA methyltransferase could produce this phenotype.

Let’s suppose that a vertebrate organism carries a mutation that causes some cells that normally differentiate into nerve cells to differentiate into muscle cells. A molecular analysis reveals that this mutation is in a gene that encodes a DNA methyltransferase. Explain how an alteration in a DNA methyltransferase could produce this phenotype.

Biology (MindTap Course List)

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Author:Eldra Solomon, Charles Martin, Diana W. Martin, Linda R. Berg

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Chapter13: Gene Expression

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