Adding the clinical framing, because it changes how the question reads. Order of operations matters more than any single choice here: establish a baseline, change one thing, wait long enough for it to express itself, then measure again under the same conditions.
Following on from AussieAnna — and this may be the naive question:
How would you tell the difference between that and the alternative explanation?
Dr.ObesityMed said:Order of operations matters more than any single choice here: establish a baseline, change one thing, wait long enough for it to express itself, then…
I am going to disagree with the direction of travel here. The thread has converged on the tidiest answer rather than the best-supported one, and those are not the same thing.
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Browse GL BiochemDr.ObesityMed said:Order of operations matters more than any single choice here: establish a baseline, change one thing, wait long enough for it to express itself, then…
Right, and the exception is worth naming rather than left implied, because the exception is where people get into trouble.