Genetics: From Genes to Genomes
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781259700903
Author: Leland Hartwell Dr., Michael L. Goldberg Professor Dr., Janice Fischer, Leroy Hood Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1, Problem 3P
The size of one copy of the human genome is approximately 3 billion base pairs, and it contains about 27,000 genes organized into 23 chromosomes.
| a. | Human chromosomes vary in size. What would you predict is the size of the |
| average chromosome? | |
| b. | Assuming that genes are spread evenly among chromosomes, how many genes |
| does an average human chromosome contain? | |
| c. | About half of the DNA in chromosome contains genes. How large (in base pairs) |
| is an average human gene? |
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Chapter 1 Solutions
Genetics: From Genes to Genomes
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Ch. 1 - How can a scientist tell if a protein present in...Ch. 1 - Figure 1.6 shows the amino acid sequences of parts...Ch. 1 - Why do scientists think that new genes arise by...Ch. 1 - Explain how the exon/intron structure of genes...Ch. 1 - Mutations in genes that change their pattern of...Ch. 1 - A single zebrafish gene function was inactivated...Ch. 1 - Different mutations in the WDR62 gene that...Ch. 1 - Researchers have successfully used gene therapy to...Ch. 1 - By the time this book is published, it will likely...
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