Answer:
A) A transgene integrated into a heterochromatic region of the genome.
Explanation:
This is most likely the reason why the transgene is not expressed in the fifth cell line. It is likely that the transgene was integrated into a heterochromatic region of the genome. Heterochromatin consists of genetically inactive satellite sequences, and many of these are repressed to various extents. Moreover, because this is a tightly packed form of DNA or condensed DNA, it is inaccesible to polymerases and thus not transcribed.
Any process that exerts a stress on a rock that eventually causes it to break into smaller fragments is a type of mechanical weathering.
A. the volcanic eruptions of Mt. Vesuvius
