For those individuals who have an allergic reaction to cats, a company in Los Angeles promises relief. They offer a new line of cats genetically modified to eliminate or reduce their allergy-causing properties. The development of this new line of cats most likely involved A. using natural selection to produce a new variety of cat B. altering the reproductive rate of cats C. changing the behavior of cats D. manipulating the DNA of cats

D. manipulating the DNA of cats.

Explanation:

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) refers to the organic chemical which consists of genetic information. The DNA can be found in the cells of organisms.

Since the new line of cats are genetically modified to eliminate or reduce their allergy-causing properties, then we can infer that the DNA of the cats have been manipulated. In this case, the allergy causing property won't be passed across to the offspring since the DNA has been manipulated.

the answers are as following:

1. c. double helix, nucleosome, coil, supercoil, chromosome

2. b. g2 phase, preparation for mitosis

3. d. interphase consists of the g1, s, and g2 phases

4. c. metaphase

5. a. chromosomes are duplicated before cell division so that each new daughter cell has a complete set