Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (3rd Edition)
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Chapter 14, Problem 25P
How would you conduct a screen to identify recessive mutations in Drosophila that result in embryo lethality? How would you propagate the recessive mutant alleles?
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Our understanding of maternal effect genes has been greatly aided by their identification in experimental organisms such as Drosophila melanogaster and Caenorhabditis elegans. In experimental organisms with a short generation time, geneticists have successfully searched for mutant alleles that prevent the normal process of embryonic development. In many cases, the offspring die at early embryonic or larval stages. These are called maternal effect lethal alleles. How would a researcher identify a mutation that produced a recessive maternal effect lethal allele?
Most organisms display a circadian rhythm, a cycling of biological processes that is roughly synchronized with day length. In Drosophila, pupae eclose (emerge as adults after metamorphosis) at dawn.
a)Using this knowledge how would screen for Drosophila mutants that have an impaired circadian rhythm?
b)In each case, how would you clone the genes you identified by mutation?
Suppose a researcher has three different Drosophila strains that have mutations in the bicoid gene called bicoid-A, bicoid-B, and bicoid-C; the wild type is designated bicoid +. To study these mutations,
phenotypically normal female flies that are homozygous for the given bicoid mutation were obtained, and their oocytes were analyzed using a Northern blot to determine the size and/or amount of the bicoid
mRNA and in situ hybridization to determine the bicoid mRNA location within the oocyte. A wild-type strain was also analyzed as a control. In both cases, the probe was complementary to the bicoid mRNA and
the results are shown below. (Anterior is on the left; posterior is on the right.)
Northern blot
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In situ hybridization
Wild type
Lane 1. Wild type (bicoid*)
Lane 2. bicoid-A
Lane 3. bicoid-B
Lane 4. bicoid-C
bicoid-B
bicoid-A
bicoid-C
Which mutation is likely to cause the embryo to develop two "anterior" ends?
bicoid-B
Obicoid-A
bicoid-C
Chapter 14 Solutions
Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (3rd Edition)
Ch. 14 - 14.1 What are the advantages and disadvantages of...Ch. 14 - Prob. 2PCh. 14 - Discuss the similarities and differences between...Ch. 14 - 14.5 What are the advantages and disadvantages of...Ch. 14 - 14.6 You have cloned the mouse ortholog (see...Ch. 14 - 14.7 Diagram the mechanism by which CRISPRCas...Ch. 14 - 14.8 Describe how CRISPRCas has been modified to...Ch. 14 - 14.9 Discuss the advantages (and possible...Ch. 14 - 14.10 Discuss the advantages (and possible...Ch. 14 - You have identifies a gene encoding the protein...
Ch. 14 - You have identified a recessive mutation that...Ch. 14 - 14.13 The CBF genes of Arabidopsis are induced by...Ch. 14 - 14.14 When the S. cerevisiae genome was sequenced,...Ch. 14 - 14.15 Translational fusions between a protein of...Ch. 14 - 14.16 In humans, Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy is...Ch. 14 - 14.17 How would you perform a genetic screen to...Ch. 14 - In enhancer trapping experiments, a minimal...Ch. 14 - 14.19 In Genetic Analysis, we designed a screen to...Ch. 14 - How would you design a genetic screen to find...Ch. 14 - 14.21 The eyes of Drosophila develop from imaginal...Ch. 14 - 14.22 Given your knowledge of the genetic tools...Ch. 14 - Mutations in the CFTR gene result in cystic...Ch. 14 - 14.24 How would you clone a gene that you have...Ch. 14 - 14.25 How would you conduct a screen to identify...Ch. 14 - In land plants, there is an alternation of...Ch. 14 - 14.27 The Drosophila evenskipped (eve) gene is...Ch. 14 - Prob. 28PCh. 14 - 14.29 As shown in Figure, mutations in the...Ch. 14 - How would you edit a specific nucleotide in a...Ch. 14 - Through a forward genetics screen in Arabidopsis...Ch. 14 - The CRISPR - Cas 9 complex directs the Cas 9...Ch. 14 - 14.33 Describe how enhancer screens can be used to...Ch. 14 - How might you use CRISPR - Cas 9 to create a large...
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