Exam 9: Digital Analysis of Dna
Exam 1: Genetics: the Study of Biological Information23 Questions
Exam 2: Mendels Principles of Heredity55 Questions
Exam 3: Extensions to Mendels Laws29 Questions
Exam 4: The Chromosome Theory of Inheritance84 Questions
Exam 5: Linkage, Recombination, and the Mapping of Genes on Chromosomes78 Questions
Exam 6: DNA Structure, Replication, and Recombination73 Questions
Exam 7: Anatomy and Function of a Gene: Dissection Through Mutation51 Questions
Exam 8: Gene Expression: the Flow of Information From Dna to Rna to Protein58 Questions
Exam 9: Digital Analysis of Dna29 Questions
Exam 10: Genome Annotation26 Questions
Exam 11: Analyzing Genomic Variation38 Questions
Exam 12: The Eukaryotic Chromosome51 Questions
Exam 13: Chromosomal Rearrangements and Changes in Chromosome Number53 Questions
Exam 14: Bacterial Genetics35 Questions
Exam 15: Organellar Inheritance31 Questions
Exam 16: Gene Regulation in Prokaryotes39 Questions
Exam 17: Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes36 Questions
Exam 18: Manipulating the Genomes of Eukaryotes28 Questions
Exam 19: The Genetic Analysis of Development27 Questions
Exam 20: The Genetics of Cancer28 Questions
Exam 21: Variation and Selection in Populations24 Questions
Exam 22: The Genetics of Complex Traits19 Questions
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The recognition site for a restriction enzyme is 5′ ACC^GGT 3′.The ^ symbol indicates the site of cleavage.After digestion of DNA with this restriction enzyme, how will the ends of the resulting DNA fragments look?
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What is the origin and physiological function of restriction endonucleases?
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Baby frog #1 is homozygous for a mutant allele of gene B (allele b1).Compare the DNA sequence from baby frog #1 with the wild-type sequence to determine how allele b1 is different from the wild-type.What effect does the mutation in allele b1 have on the protein? 

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Which is a characteristic of a plasmid used as a cloning vector? (Select all that apply. )
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In gel electrophoresis, DNA fragments move at different rates because they have different
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The recognition site for a restriction enzyme is 5′ ACCGG^T 3′.The ^ symbol indicates the site of cleavage.After digestion of DNA with this restriction enzyme, how will the ends of the resulting DNA fragments look?
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Why was another nucleotide not added to the smallest fragment?
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The mouse genome consists of 2,700 Mb. A genomic library is constructed using BAC vectors and overlapping fragments of the mouse genome. The average size of the mouse DNA inserts is 200 kb.
-A mouse genomic library is constructed so that the number of clones equals one genomic equivalent.Is it likely that this library contains the entire mouse genome?
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You performed a Sanger sequencing reaction and obtained the following read.In this figure, A = green, C = purple, G = black, T = red.The height of the peaks is unimportant.The smallest molecule is at the left of the trace.
-What is the sequence of the template DNA used for this sequencing reaction?

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You performed a Sanger sequencing reaction and obtained the following read.In this figure, A = green, C = purple, G = black, T = red.The height of the peaks is unimportant.The smallest molecule is at the left of the trace.
-Which is a step in hierarchical genome sequencing that is not found in shotgun genome sequencing?

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The mouse genome consists of 2,700 Mb. A genomic library is constructed using BAC vectors and overlapping fragments of the mouse genome. The average size of the mouse DNA inserts is 200 kb.
-What is the minimum number of clones that should be in this mouse genomic library to have a 95% chance that it contains the entire genome?
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In frogs, green skin is determined by gene B.The wild-type sequence of the 5′ end of the RNA-like strand of the entire first exon is shown below.The gene encodes an enzyme that functions to convert a brown compound into a green pigment in the skin.
5′ ACTCAAGCACAGGTCGCATAAATGTTCCTGTTATTTGG… 3′
The table of codons is provided here:
-Which are the first three amino acids encoded by the wild-type sequence of gene B?

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A third mutant allele of gene B (allele b3)causes the frogs' eyes to become green, instead of their normal red color.Normally, gene B effects only skin color.What term describes this allele?
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In Sanger sequencing, what causes DNA synthesis to terminate at a specific base?
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The sequence of gene B from another baby frog who is homozygous for allele b2 is shown.What effect does the mutation in allele b2 have on the protein? 5′ AGGTCGCATAAATGTTCCTGTAATTTGG… 3′
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The mouse genome consists of 2,700 Mb. A genomic library is constructed using BAC vectors and overlapping fragments of the mouse genome. The average size of the mouse DNA inserts is 200 kb.
-How many clones would make up one genomic equivalent?
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Which method of fragmenting DNA would not be useful for sequencing a genome for the first time?
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