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Patient X is a 10-month-old infant whose mother has brought him to the pediatric clinic because of the following: vomiting, diarrhea, poor feeding, and jaundice. Examination of the infant demonstrates hepatomegaly and edema. Diet recall by the mother indicates that she has been advancing the baby's diet, supplementing baby formula with baby cereals, vegetables, fruits and juice, and most recently, some meat. She has noticed that the baby seems to not like the fruit and juice. Which metabolic disorder does this infant most likely have?
 a. Hereditary fructose intolerance
  b. Glycogen storage disease type 1
  c. Galactosemia
  d. Methylmalonic acidemia

Question 2

The complement of RNA transcripts produced when genes are expressed is referred to as the _______________.
 Fill in the blank(s) with correct word



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

transcriptome



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