Genetics: Analysis and Principles

6th Edition

ISBN: 9781259616020

Author: Robert J. Brooker Professor Dr.

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

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Chapter 19, Problem 14CONQ

Discuss the consequences of a germ-line versus a somatic mutation.

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Genetics: Analysis and Principles

Ch. 19.1 - 1. A mutation changes a codon that specifies...Ch. 19.1 - A down promoter mutation causes the promoter of a...Ch. 19.1 - 3. A mutation in one gene that reverses the...Ch. 19.1 - Which of the following is an example of a somatic...Ch. 19.2 - Prob. 1COMQ Ch. 19.3 - Which of the following is not an example of a...Ch. 19.3 - A point mutation could be caused by a....Ch. 19.3 - One way that TNRE may occur involves the formation...Ch. 19.4 - Nitrous acid replaces amino groups with keto...Ch. 19.4 - Prob. 2COMQ

Ch. 19.4 - Prob. 3COMQ Ch. 19.5 - The function of photolyase is to repair a....Ch. 19.5 - Which of the following DNA repair systems may...Ch. 19.5 - 3. In nucleotide excision repair in E. coli, the...Ch. 19.5 - Prob. 4COMQ Ch. 19.5 - An advantage of translesion-replicating...Ch. 19 - Is each of the following mutations a transition,...Ch. 19 - Prob. 2CONQ Ch. 19 - What does a suppressor mutation suppress? What is...Ch. 19 - Prob. 4CONQ Ch. 19 - X-rays strike a chromosome in a living cell and...Ch. 19 - Prob. 6CONQ Ch. 19 - Prob. 7CONQ Ch. 19 - 8. A point mutation occurs in the middle of the...Ch. 19 - Prob. 9CONQ Ch. 19 - Prob. 10CONQ Ch. 19 - 11. Is a random mutation more likely to be...Ch. 19 - 12. Which of the following mutations could be...Ch. 19 - Prob. 13CONQ Ch. 19 - Discuss the consequences of a germ-line versus a...Ch. 19 - Prob. 15CONQ Ch. 19 - Explain how a mutagen can interfere with DNA...Ch. 19 - What type of mutation (transition, transversion,...Ch. 19 - Explain what happens to the sequence of DNA during...Ch. 19 - Distinguish between spontaneous and induced...Ch. 19 - Prob. 20CONQ Ch. 19 - Prob. 21CONQ Ch. 19 - Prob. 22CONQ Ch. 19 - Trinucleotide repeat expansions (TNREs) are...Ch. 19 - 24. With regard to TNRE, what is meant by the term...Ch. 19 - 25. What is the difference between the mutation...Ch. 19 - Achondroplasia is a rare form of dwarfism. It is...Ch. 19 - Prob. 27CONQ Ch. 19 - In the treatment of cancer, the basis for many...Ch. 19 - Prob. 29CONQ Ch. 19 - 30. Which of the following examples is likely to...Ch. 19 - Prob. 31CONQ Ch. 19 - Prob. 32CONQ Ch. 19 - Prob. 33CONQ Ch. 19 - With regard to the repair of double-strand breaks,...Ch. 19 - Prob. 35CONQ Ch. 19 - Prob. 36CONQ Ch. 19 - 37. Three common ways to repair changes in DNA...Ch. 19 - Prob. 38CONQ Ch. 19 - Prob. 39CONQ Ch. 19 - Explain how the technique of replica plating...Ch. 19 - 2. Outline how you would use the technique of...Ch. 19 - 3. From an experimental point of view, is it...Ch. 19 - Prob. 4EQ Ch. 19 - Prob. 5EQ Ch. 19 - 6. Richard Boyce and Paul Howard-Flanders...Ch. 19 - In E. coli, a variety of mutator strains have been...Ch. 19 - 2. Discuss the times in a person’s life when it is...Ch. 19 - A large amount of research is aimed at studying...

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