Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (2nd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321948908
Author: Mark F. Sanders, John L. Bowman
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 18, Problem 7P
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Chapter 18 Solutions
Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (2nd Edition)
Ch. 18 - You have discovered a new species of Archaea from...Ch. 18 - 16.2 Repetitive DNA poses problems for genome...Ch. 18 - 16.3 When the whole-genome shotgun sequence of the...Ch. 18 - How do cDNA sequences facilitate gene annotation?...Ch. 18 - 16.5 How do comparisons between genomes of related...Ch. 18 - 16.6 You are designing algorithms for the...Ch. 18 - 16.7 You have sequenced a region of the Bacillus...Ch. 18 - You have just obtained 100-kb of genomic sequence...Ch. 18 - 16.9 The human genome contains a large number of...Ch. 18 - Based on the tree of life in Figure 16.12, would...
Ch. 18 - 16.11 When comparing genes from two sequenced...Ch. 18 - Prob. 12PCh. 18 - Prob. 13PCh. 18 - Prob. 14PCh. 18 - 16.16 Consider the phylogenetic tree below with...Ch. 18 - You have isolated a gene that is important for the...Ch. 18 - 16.18 When the human genome is examined, the...Ch. 18 - Symbiodinium minutum is a dinoflagellate with a...Ch. 18 - Substantial fractions of the genomes of many...Ch. 18 - 16.21 A modification of the system, called the ...Ch. 18 - 16.22 A substantial fraction of almost every...Ch. 18 - 16.23 In the globin gene family shown in Figure ,...Ch. 18 - You are studying similarities and differences in...Ch. 18 - In conducting the study described in Problem 24,...Ch. 18 - Prob. 26PCh. 18 - Prob. 27PCh. 18 - Prob. 28PCh. 18 - If you were to compare your genome sequence with...
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