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necessity vs. sufficiency We have often discussed the concept of necessity vs. s

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Question

necessity vs. sufficiency

We have often discussed the concept of necessity vs. sufficiency as it applies to genetic analysis. Which of the following would demonstrate that the fruitless (fur) gene is necessary for male mating behavior in flies? mutation of the mouse fur homolog results in changes in mating behavior in mice ectopic expression of fur in female flies causes them to exhibit male mating behavior fur was cloned and shown to encode a transcription factor, loss-of-function mutations in the fur gene cause abnormal or absent male mating behavior

Explanation / Answer

D. option is reflecting the concept of necessity vs sufficiency that is one statement is a necessary and sufficient condition of another means that the former statement is true if and only if the latter is true. That is, the two statements must be either simultaneously true or simultaneously false.