You are provided with a sample of aardvark DNA. As part of your investigation of this DNA, you transcribe mRNA from the DNA and purify it. You then separate the two strands of the DNA and analyze the base composition of each strand and of the mRNA transcripts. You obtain the following results: A G C T UDNA strand #1 19.1 26.0 31.0 23.9 0DNA strand #1 24.2 30.8 25.7 19.3 0mRNA 19.0 25.9 30.8 0 24.3Which strand of the DNA is the “sense” strand that serves as the template for mRNA synthesis?
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.
You are provided with a sample of aardvark DNA. As part of your investigation of this DNA, you transcribe mRNA from the DNA and purify it. You then separate the two strands of the DNA and analyze the base composition of each strand and of the mRNA transcripts. You obtain the following results:
A G C T U
DNA strand #1 19.1 26.0 31.0 23.9 0
DNA strand #1 24.2 30.8 25.7 19.3 0
mRNA 19.0 25.9 30.8 0 24.3
Which strand of the DNA is the “sense” strand that serves as the template for mRNA synthesis?
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