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Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

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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 anoth…

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.

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Many genes and operons are regulated at the level of transcription initiation. Why is it advantageous to regulate gene expression at the transcriptional level, rather than during or after translation?

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Retrieve, Infer, Apply Many genes and operons are regulated at the level of transcription initiation. Why is it advantageous to regulate gene expression at the transcriptional level, rather than during or after translation?

Solution Summary: The author explains that gene expression is controlled at transcription initiation, elongation, translation, and post translation. It is considered to be one of the overall energy-consuming processes in a cell.

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