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#Question id: 5206


A microarray known as a GeneChip, with most now known human protein coding sequences, has recently been developed to aid in the study of human cancer by first comparing twothree subsets of cancer subtypes. What kind of information might be gleaned from this GeneChip to aid in cancer prevention?

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior
  1. information about whether or not a patient has this type of cancer prior to treatment.

  2. evidence that might suggest how best to treat a personʹs cancer with chemotherapy.

  3. data that could alert patients to what kind of cancer they were likely to acquire.

  4. information about which parent might have provided a patient with cancer-causing genes.