You have sequenced a few individuals in the population and found out that there are only two alleles in the population: one is GGGTCC and the other GGGTAC. You also knew that the DNA sequence encodes two amino acid residues. The mutation responsible for the difference is     an insertion mutation     a transition mutation     nonsynonymous mutation     a neutral mutation     a silent mutation

Q: Which of the above mutations will result in a shift in the reading frame

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Q: What color is the alpha gene spot on the microarray? Answer: Yellow please explain why is the…

A: The microarray can be described as a lab-on-a-chip. It can be used to detect the expression of…

Q: The length of the SURF1 gene is 15, 914 bases. This gene is comprised of 11 exons and 10 introns.…

A: Ans. The gene has specific sequences which are important for the transcription of the gene. One of…

Q: 2. Imagine a combination of microevolutionary mechanisms other than mutation/se- lection. How do you…

A: Microevolution is characterized as the adjustment of the allele frequencies over the long haul in a…

Q: The length of the SURF1 gene is 15, 914 bases. This gene is comprised of 11 exons and 10 introns.…

A: In the diagram shown SURF1 gene. SURF1 gene is present at 9th chromosome & produces surf…

Q: You have isolated several E. coli mutants: Mutant #1 has a point mutation in the -10 region of the…

A: Consensus sequence is a particular sequence that is found at different places in the genome . These…

Q: Since we have known the sequence of the human genome for almost two decades, why sure of the total…

A: Because it is difficult to tell where one gene ends and another begins .  Another difficulty is same…

Q: Achondroplasia is a form of dwarfism that is inherited in humans as an autosomal dominant disorder.…

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Q: You are analyzing cells that express a fusion gene encoding a FLAG-tagged protein of interest. Upon…

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Q: A gene has length of 10000 nucleotides, some of them are ancestral (A) and others are mutant letters…

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Q: You work in an environmental microbiology research lab, and your project is to design a recombinant…

A: Our task as research assistants in an environmental microbiology lab is to create a recombinant…

Q: From Table 20-3, would you expect the noncoding mutation g4205a to be fixed before or after the…

A: Mutations are referred to as permanent alterations in the sequence of DNA of an individual. The…

Q: Which of the following types of mutations is represented in Table 1?   a.) Insertions   b.)Deletions…

A: Insertion-In genetics, an insertion (also called an insertion mutation) is the addition of one or…

Q: Name three factors that can influence the mutation rates of human genes.

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Q: The third nitrogen base of a GENE has been replaced with the wrong base. The rest of the gene is…

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Q: Given the Following DNA template, TAC   CGC   TCC   GCC  GTC   GAC   AAT   ACC   ACT, write out the…

A: The DNA template is used for the synthesis of mRNA molecules. mRNA molecule is used by the…

Q: Based on the following wild type DNA sequence, indicate if each of the mutations should be…

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Q: In 2003, the Human Genome Project was successfully completed, determining the exact sequence of the…

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Q: The data below illustrates the role of MutS, MutH and Dam in DNA repair. Strains of E coli that are…

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Q: Which type of mutation doesnt affect the ability of an organism to pass on its alleles to the next…

A: Neutral mutation doesnt affect the ability of an organism to pass on its alleles to the next…

Q: The following are DNA sequences from two homologous genes:…

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Q: If the effects of mutations 1 +3 is an eye size intermediate between wild type and mutation 1 alone,…

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Q: Which of the following statements about a transversion mutation in the sequence AGC is true?

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Q: You would like to amplify the gene shown below using PCR with two primers: the primers are shown on…

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Q: You are discussing with some of your bio major friends who have not taken Genetics and your non-bio…

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Q: The following DNA sequence has been identified and named ‘Gene Z’. It is thought that this sequence…

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Q: As we described in class, in the early 1960's Francis Crick and colleagues set out to determine how…

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Q: While inspecting the genome sequence of your newly discoyered organism, you note that while the…

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Q: Why do humans have such a large number of nucleotides (3.2 billion base pairs) compared to the…

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Q: In a genomic analysis looking for a specific disease gene,one candidate gene was found to have a…

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Mitochondrial Mutations

A mitochondrion is a cellular organelle that serves as the site for cellular respiration and energy production (ATP or Adenosine Triphosphate). It is a double-membrane-bound organelle and is only present in eukaryotic cells.