Transgenic mice
A) were instrumental in pinpointing the location of the huntingtin gene.
B) often provide valuable animal models of human disease.
C) are essential for mapping human genes.
D) are now used in place of bacteria for cloning human genes.

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Transgenic mice often provide valuable animal models of human disease, allowing researchers to study the mechanisms of disease and develop potential treatments. Although they can be used to study human genes, they are not essential for gene mapping and they are not used in place of bacteria for cloning human genes. While transgenic mice have been used in the study of Huntington's disease caused by the huntingtin gene, they were not instrumental in pinpointing its location.

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