Genetics: From Genes to Genomes, 5th edition
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Author: Leland H. Hartwell, Michael L. Goldberg, Janice A. Fischer, Leroy Hood, Charles F. Aquadro
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 10, Problem 19P
The figure below shows DNA fingerprint analysis of the genomic DNA from semen associated with a rape (***) and from mouth swabs (somatic cells) of individuals 1–4. This analysis involves the PCR amplification of six SSR loci, each from a different (nonhomologous) chromosome. All PCR primers used are 20
| a. | Sperm are haploid, but the semen sample shows two different-sized PCR products for certain loci. How is this possible? |
| b. | Is any locus on the X chromosome? If so, identify it. |
| c. | Is any locus on the Y chromosome? If so, which one? |
| d. | Explain why these results demonstrate that none of the four individuals is the rapist. What pattern would you expect by analyzing mouth swab DNA from the rapist? |
| e. | Do these results nonetheless provide any information that could help catch the rapist? If so, be as specific as possible. |
| f. | The two orange bands amplified by PCR from the semen are 200 and 212 bp long. How many tandem repeats of the SSR repeat unit are found in the two alleles of this locus in the rapist’s genomic DNA? (Assume that the PCR products are the shortest possible and that the repeat unit for this locus is TCCG.) |
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Genetics: From Genes to Genomes, 5th edition
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Ch. 10 - Prob. 11PCh. 10 - Prob. 12PCh. 10 - shows three different sequences of the same...Ch. 10 - The trinucleotide repeat region of the Huntington...Ch. 10 - Prob. 15PCh. 10 - Prob. 16PCh. 10 - a. It is possible to perform DNA fingerprinting...Ch. 10 - On July 17, 1918, Tsar Nicholas II; his wife the...Ch. 10 - The figure below shows DNA fingerprint analysis of...Ch. 10 - Microarrays were used to determine the genotypes...Ch. 10 - A partial sequence of the wild-type HbA allele is...Ch. 10 - Prob. 22PCh. 10 - Prob. 23PCh. 10 - The microarray shown at the top of this page...Ch. 10 - The figure below shows the pedigree of a family in...Ch. 10 - Prob. 26PCh. 10 - Now consider a mating between consanguineous...Ch. 10 - The pedigree shown in Fig. 10.22 on p.360 was...Ch. 10 - You have identified a SNP marker that in one large...Ch. 10 - The pedigrees indicated here were obtained with...Ch. 10 - Approximately 3 of the population carries a mutant...Ch. 10 - The drug ivacaftor has recently been developed to...Ch. 10 - In the high-throughput DNA sequencing protocol...Ch. 10 - A researcher sequences the whole exome of a...Ch. 10 - As explained in the text, the cause of many...Ch. 10 - Figure 10.26 on p. 366 portrayed the analysis of...Ch. 10 - Prob. 37PCh. 10 - Table 10.2 p. 367 and Fig. 10.27 p. 367 together...Ch. 10 - The human RefSeq of the entire first exon of a...
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