someone help me with my Biology post test? :/

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anonymous · Answer

When you are exposed to sunlight for a long time, your skin, which otherwise appears normal, gets heavily tanned. What could be the reason?
The genes for melanin pigmentation remain turned on and prepare more melanin than usual to protect the skin from photo-damage when it is exposed to sunlight for long time.
The genes for melanin pigmentation remain turned off and synthesize more melanin than usual to protect the skin from photo-damage when it exposed to sunlight for a long time.
The genes for melanin pigmentation are switched off to stop the synthesis of melanin to protect the skin from photo-damage when it is exposed to sunlight for a long time.

anonymous · Answer

@SmallTrick

anonymous · Answer

our job is to guide you to the answer.

so, what would your approach be?

think about what "turning a gene on/off" means.

anonymous · Answer

it no longer provides the directions for making proteins when a gene is turned off

anonymous · Answer

The genes for melanin pigmentation remain turned on and prepare more melanin than usual to protect the skin from photo-damage when it is exposed to sunlight for long time.

anonymous · Answer

thank you ^^

anonymous · Answer

Np (:

anonymous · Answer

that was not very educational. please guide the asker to the answer instead of outright telling them, @aha.its.kristen