The Reverse Transcriptase and Integrase enzymes produced by Retrotransposons sometimes mistakenly act on cellular mRNAs and generate a DNA intermediate that becomes integrated into the genome (which can lead to formation of new pseudogenes). Would you predict that a newly transposed element produced from an mRNA will generally be transcribed after its integration? Explain your answer.
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.
The Reverse Transcriptase and Integrase enzymes produced by Retrotransposons sometimes mistakenly act on cellular mRNAs and generate a DNA intermediate that becomes integrated into the genome (which can lead to formation of new pseudogenes). Would you predict that a newly transposed element produced from an mRNA will generally be transcribed after its integration? Explain your answer.
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