There is a mutation in sequence of the lac operator that prevents the lac repressor from being able to recognize and bind to it. What would the status of transcription of the lac operon be under each of the following circumstances? Explain your answers. a-Lactose present, glucose present b-Lactose present, glucose absent c-Lactose absent, glucose present d-Lactose absent, glucose absent
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.
There is a mutation in sequence of the lac operator that prevents the lac repressor from being able to recognize and bind to it. What would the status of transcription of the lac operon be under each of the following circumstances? Explain your answers.
a-Lactose present, glucose present
b-Lactose present, glucose absent
c-Lactose absent, glucose present
d-Lactose absent, glucose absent
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