A sequenced fragment of DNA in Drosophila was used ina BLAST search. The best (closest) match was to a kinasegene from Neurospora. Does this match mean that theDrosophila sequence contains a kinase gene?

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A: Lac operon is the segment of DNA which includes regulatory gene, structural gene, promoter gene and…

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A: Photodynaic therapy is a therapy which involves use of a photo-sensitizing drug or agent (or called…

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A: Ferredoxins are a group of low-molecular-weight, acidic, non-heme, soluble iron-sulfur electron…

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A: DNA is made up of nucleotides. DNA consists of exons which are the coding sequences and introns…

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A: Introduction:- A gene is found mostly physical and functional unit of heredity. Gene are made by DNA…

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A: Western blot is a widely used biochemical technique to identify protein samples in cell extracts. It…

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Q: Why have we chosen a human Rab protein with no direct yeast equivalent as an “outgroup” for this…

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A: c dna is complementary dna.

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Q: The C. elegans mutant rrf-3 is often preferred to wild-type nematodes when carrying out RNAi…

A: RNA interference (RNAi) refers to a process in which small fragments of RNA attach to messenger RNAs…

Q: Sometimes, cDNAs turn out to be “chimeras”; that is, fusions of DNA copies of two different mRNAs…

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Q: You are using Drosophila as a model system to investigate eye development. You do positional cloning…

A: In order to isolate a mutant gene in any organism, one would need to first identify the desired…

Q: What percentage of the DNA sites in yeast are accessible, assuming that the fraction of sites…

A: Yeasts are the microorganism that come under kingdom fungi. Yeast are usually single celled.

Q: Contrast the DNA sequences dictating centromereformation in yeast and in higher eukaryotes.

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Q: Discuss how ultra violet light works as a mutagen. This could include: What is UV light and the…

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Q: Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) was invented by Kary Mullis in 1983. This techniqu had indeed…

A: PCR is used to amplify a specific DNA sample.

Q: DHCR7 (7-dehydrocholesterol reductase) gene.

A: This gene encodes an enzyme that removes the C(7-8) double bond in the B ring of sterols and…

Q: Based on the entire Figure 1, what do you notice about the distribution and clustering of the yeast…

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Q: Which of the following is TRUE regarding the Steward's (1950s) carrot experiment and Gurdon et al.…

A: Two experiments, Steward et al. (1950s) and Gurdon et al. (1975), explored the role of nucleus and…

Q: A fluctuation test was carried out to determine the rate of mutation to Azetidine resistance (a…

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Q: Next-generation sequencing reveals that six new mutations have occurred in the coding regions of…

A: Next-generation sequencing is the second-generation high throughput method used to identify the…

Q: Why have we chosen a human Rab protein with no direct yeast equivalent as an “outgroup” for this…

A: Rab protein: it plays important role in recruitment of organelle specific vesicles tethering…

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Q: Explain, the mechanism of chaperone mediated autophagy.

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A: Genetic manipulation in an invertebrate model is generally used in monitoring ecological change,…

Q: How might P-elements have entered Drosophila melanogaster?What do you know about P-element…

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A: Transposons are mobile DNA segments. They can replicate and insert copies at various chromosomal…

Q: protein Menchie is conserved from cats to humans. The region upstream of the menchie gene has three…

A: This experiment is all about the gene expression process. Gene expression is a process in which gene…

Q: The completely synthetic yeast chromosome Syn IIIcontains a loxP site in the 3′ UTR of every gene…

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Q: Mutants of S. pyogenes Cas9 have been developed which recognize different PAM sequences, such as 5′…

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Q: X chromosome inactivation during dosage compensation in mammals.

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Q: the forward primer used in this experiment incorporates part of the cell recognition site, GGCC. How…

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Q: Certain mutations called amber in bacteria and viruses result in premature termination of…

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Q: Please explain how alternative gene expression is mediated by a recombination process in Salmonella?…

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