Item RH009002: A skin cell of an organism contains the same genetic information as the fertilized egg cell of that organism.
How does the genetic information in a fertilized egg cell (an egg cell that has combined with a sperm cell) compare with the genetic information in the skin cells of the adult organism that develops from the fertilized egg cell?
- The skin cells in the adult organism contain the same genetic information that was in the fertilized egg cell.
- The skin cells in the adult organism still contain some of the genetic information that was in the fertilized egg cell, but not very much of the information.
- Some of the skin cells in the adult organism contain all of the genetic information that was in the fertilized egg cell, but other skin cells contain just a little of the information.
- None of the skin cells in the adult organism contains any of the genetic information that was in the fertilized egg cell.
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- Students Responding Correctly
Group | Correct | Total | Percent |
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Overall | 1123 | 3408 | 33% |
Grades | |||
6–8 | 587 | 1988 | 30% |
9–12 | 536 | 1420 | 38% |
Gender | |||
Male | 547 | 1673 | 33% |
Female | 553 | 1678 | 33% |
Primary Language | |||
English | 1025 | 3059 | 34% |
Other | 74 | 273 | 27% |