4. Normal yeast cells can survive on a diet of sugars, a few simple salts and one vitamin. They can make all of their amino acids and other vitamins using what can be found in their diet. You identify a mutant strain that can only survive if given alanine, which is one of the amino acids. The mutation is recessive. Based on this information, what would you predict that the normal function of the dominant allele is?

4. Normal yeast cells can survive on a diet of sugars, a few simple salts and one vitamin. They can make all of their amino acids and other vitamins using what can be found in their diet. You identify a mutant strain that can only survive if given alanine, which is one of the amino acids. The mutation is recessive. Based on this information, what would you predict that the normal function of the dominant allele is?

Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)

11th Edition

ISBN:9781305251052

Author:Michael Cummings

Publisher:Michael Cummings

Chapter11: Genome Alterations: Mutation And Epigenetics

Section: Chapter Questions

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