A mutation has occurred that results in a drastic reduction in mRNA transcription from very high levels to low levels. What region is likely responsible?

Enhancer region

Explanation:

An enhancer is a cis-regulatory DNA region that binds to transcription factors in order to stimulate transcription. Enhancer regions are localized both upstream and downstream of the gene whose transcription regulates, at a variable distance ranging from 1 to 100 kilobases (kb) from the transcription start site. The first enhancer to be identified was found in an intron of the immunoglobulin gene. Conversely, a silencer element is a DNA region that binds to proteins known as repressors in order to suppress transcription.

you did not attach the discourse, but i assume it to be the discourse on the origin and basis of inequality among men (the original titile in french is: "discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'inégalité parmi les hommes"), also know as "second discourse". in this discourse, jean-jacques rousseau emphasizes that private property is the basis of all inequalities.

therefore, what enabled the old regime to maintain as long as it did was private property.

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