Genetics: Analysis and Principles 4th Edition by Robert Brooker

Exercise 2

With regard to the experiment described in Figure 13.11, answer the following questions:
A. Why was a polyUG mRNA template used
B. Would you radiolabel the cysteine with the isotope 14C or 35S Explain your choice.
C. What would be the expected results if the experiment was followed in the same way except that a polyGC template was used Note: A polyGC template could contain two different alanine codons (GCC and GCG), but it could not contain any cysteine codons.