While running the 100-meter dash, Elisa uses a lot of energy and begins to use the glycogen stores in her muscles. The chemical reaction for breaking down glycogen to obtain glucose to use for energy production is shown here. The glycogen polymer is broken down in a reaction involving alpha-1,6-glucosidase to form a glucose monomer and glycogen. Which of the following statements best describes this reaction? A) The glycogen polymer undergoes hydrolysis to form a glucose monomer and glycogen.
B) The glycogen polymer undergoes dehydration synthesis to form a glucose monomer and a glycogen.
C) The glycogen polymer undergoes enzyme lysis and loses its ability to function as storage for carbohydrates.
D) The glycogen polymer’s alpha glycosidic bonding is broken by water and results in two glucose monomers.

small, big, or no change could occur in the phenotype. it could cause something as simple as a cats ears to curl backwards or something as frighting as death. it could also occur in the protien-coding area and have an effect on that but no effect on the amino acids. what has to occur is a changing in the hox gene or the control gene.

"1. it should be, it has been for about 20 years, and it's really not much different in the end than breeding animals to have particular traits. there are always concerns about genetically engineered animals/plants affecting the environment in unexpected negative ways, but i can't think of an example where the fears didn't turn out to be baseless.  

first, as you point out, it would be a great advance in pharmacology, to be able to tailor drugs and their doses to me. the pros involve better medical treatment. the cons involve privacy issues like insurance companies denying coverage to people with genetic risk factors. looking at dna markers wouldn't affect the frequency of genetic diseases, but it would allow detection of them earlier. and ok, actually i suppose that if people used this information to avoid having children with genetic diseases, some might decrease in frequency."