Bully whippets are homozygous for a deletion of two base pairs in the myostatin gene. The deletion changes an mRNA codon in the middle of the myostatin mRNA from UGU to UGA. Use your knowledge of the genetic code to determine the effect of this mutation on the structure of the resulting protein.
Gene Interactions
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 another gene, i.e., a single gene controls each of seven characteristics considered, but the complex contribution of many different genes determine many traits of an organism.
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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