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#Question id: 23860


RNAi methodology uses double-stranded pieces of RNA to trigger a breakdown or blocking of mRNA. For which of the following might it more possibly be useful?

#Unit 13. Methods in Biology
  1. to raise the rate of production of a needed digestive enzyme
  2. to decrease the production from a harmful gain-of-function mutated gene
  3. to destroy an unwanted allele in a homozygous individual
  4. to form a knockout organism that will not pass the deleted sequence to its progeny