2. The following figure represents the primary transcript of a typical eukaryotic protein-coding gene: Polyadenylation site Exon 1 Intron 1 Exon 2 Intron 2 Exon 3 bp: 1 50 600 945 1205 1393 1725 a. What is the size in bases of the fully processed, mature mRNA? Assume a poly (A) tail of 200 adenine residues in your calculations. b. This primary transcript is responsible for the production of a 294 amino acid protein in the liver and a 270 amino acid protein in the brain. Explain how this is possible.
Gene Interactions
When the expression of a single trait is influenced by two or more different non-allelic genes, it is termed as genetic interaction. According to Mendel's law of inheritance, each gene functions in its own way and does not depend on the function of another gene, i.e., a single gene controls each of seven characteristics considered, but the complex contribution of many different genes determine many traits of an organism.
Gene Expression
Gene expression is a process by which the instructions present in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) are converted into useful molecules such as proteins, and functional messenger ribonucleic (mRNA) molecules in the case of non-protein-coding genes.
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