What should Catherine do to decrease her chances of developing ...

[hubes95]

What should Catherine do to decrease her chances of developing gene-related diseases?
 a. Nothing, she can't change her genotype.
  b. Talk to her doctor about having her genetic profile mapped and then altered accordingly.
  c. Increase her physical activity and vegetable intake and avoid harmful environmental factors.
  d. Talk to a genetic therapist.
  e. Try vitamin and mineral supplements.

Question 2

Catherine knows she should eat more vegetables, but she cannot stand their bitter taste. What is most likely the reason that vegetables taste intensely bitter to Catherine?
 a. Catherine may have a set of genes that make her nose extremely sensitive to the smell of vegetables.
  b. Catherine may have a set of genes that make her highly sensitive to bitter tastes.
  c. Catherine's mother never liked vegetables and did not eat many when she was pregnant with Catherine; therefore, Catherine developed a genetically sensitive palate.
  d. Catherine simply believes vegetables are bitter tasting and it is all in her head.
  e. Catherine has a single-gene defect.

[honnalora]

Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

b

[hubes95]

Excellent

[alvinum]

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