17) There is a hypothetical gene in mice that produces a substance that induces twitchiness in hind leg muscles. A female mouse of a true-breeding twitchy strain is mated with a male of a true-breeding non-twitchy strain. All progeny are twitchy. Twitchiness may simply be a dominant trait caused by a nuclear allele, or it could be due to mtDNA. How would you distinguish between these two possibilities? Include possible results and how you would interpret them.

17) There is a hypothetical gene in mice that produces a substance that induces twitchiness in hind leg muscles. A female mouse of a true-breeding twitchy strain is mated with a male of a true-breeding non-twitchy strain. All progeny are twitchy. Twitchiness may simply be a dominant trait caused by a nuclear allele, or it could be due to mtDNA. How would you distinguish between these two possibilities? Include possible results and how you would interpret them.

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Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)

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Author:Peter J. Russell, Paul E. Hertz, Beverly McMillan

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Chapter13: Genes, Chromosomes, And Human Genetics

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Problem 3TYK: Individuals affected by a condition known as polydactyly have extra fingers or toes. The following...

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17) There is a hypothetical gene in mice that produces a substance that induces twitchiness in leg muscles. A female mouse of a true-breeding twitchy strain is mated with a male of a true-breeding non-twitchy strain. All progeny are twitchy. Twitchiness may simply be a dominant trait caused by a nuclear allele, or it could be due to mtDNA. How would you distinguish between these two possibilities? Include possible results and how you would interpret them?
1.a) With the aid of annotated diagrams differentiate between incomplete dominance, complete dominance and codominance b) List and explain the 5 modes of inheritance in pedigree analysis c) With the aid of illustrative diagrams explain the three theories of DNA replication d) Discuss the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on ecosystems.
Susan’s grandfather was deaf, and passed down a hereditary form of deafness within Susan’s family as shown in Figure Q19–12.A. Is this mutation most likely to be dominant or recessive?B. Is it carried on an autosome or a sex chromosome? Why?C. A complete SNP analysis has been done for all of the 11 grandchildren (4 affected, and 7 unaffected). In comparing these 11 SNP results, how long a haplotype block would you expect to find around the critical gene? How might you detect it?
4. An albino corn snake is crossed with a normal-coloredcorn snake. The offspring are all normal-colored.When these first-generation progeny snakes arecrossed among themselves, they produce 32 normalcolored snakes and 10 albino snakes.a. How do you know that only a single gene is responsible for the color differences between these snakes? b. Which of these phenotypes is controlled by thedominant allele?c. A normal-colored female snake is involved in atestcross. This cross produces 10 normal-coloredand 11 albino offspring. What are the genotypes ofthe parents and the offspring?
1. a) If you were at risk of a fatal disease such as Huntington’s disease and only the 95% accurate preliminary genetic test was available, would you take the test? After all, 95% of the time the test would tell you whether you would eventually get Huntington’s disease or whether you did not have to worry about getting this disease. b) The linkage distance between the DNA sequence used in the test and the actual Huntington’ disease locus was 5%. In a large sample of the Venezuelan family, what percentage of people would inherit the DNA sequence but not the Huntington’s allele (i.e. be a false positive test for Huntington’s)? What percentage of that large Venezuelan family would not inherit the DNA sequence but would inherit the Huntington’s allele (i.e., be a false negative test for Huntington’s)?
In mammals, albinism is caused by an autosomal allele that interferes with skin pigment. Early one morning on your way to genetics class, you observe that two normally pigmented javelina parents have an albino piglet. What are the genotypes of the parents? _________________________________ What is the probability that their next five offspring will be albino? __________________________ What is the probability that 3 of the next 7 offspring will be normally colored?______________________ Describe the process by which you would test these normally colored offspring to see if they carried the albinism gene. What are the expected ratios from that test? You want to develop a strain of albino javelina for commercial use (the other really white meat). Describe how you would go about developing that strain starting with the 2 parents and the one albino offspring.
Homozygous wild-type male mice (AA BB CC) were crossed with triplemutant female mice (aa bb cc), forming an F1 generation with the followinggenotype (Aa Bb Cc). The F1 males were crossed with triple mutantfemales, forming the following F2 phenotypes”“a B c” 3“A b C” 3“a b c” 8“A B c” 5“a b C” 5“A B C” 8“a B C” 6“A b c” 6 44 Determine the sequence of the genes
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The wild-type (normal) fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, has straight wings and long bristles. Mutant strains have been isolated with either curled wings or short bristles. The genes representing these two mutant traits are located on separate chromosomes. Carefully examine the data from the five crosses below. (a) For each mutation, determine whether it is dominant or recessive. In each case, identify which crosses support your answer; and (b) define gene symbols and determine the genotypes of the parents for each cross.
Familial retinoblastoma, a rare autosomal dominant defect, arose in a large family that had no prior history of the disease. Consider the following pedigree (the darkly colored symbols represent affected individuals): a. Circle the individual(s) in which the mutation most likely occurred. b. Is the person who is the source of the mutation affected by retinoblastoma? Justify your answer. c. Assuming that the mutant allele is fully penetrant, what is the chance that an affected individual will have an affected child?
Individuals affected by a condition known as polydactyly have extra fingers or toes. The following pedigree shows the pattern of inheritance of this trait in one family: From the pedigree, can you tell if polydactyly comes from a dominant or recessive allele? Is the trait sex-linked? As far as you can determine, what is the genotype of each person in the pedigree with respect to the trait?
For this particular family, what is the recombination rate between the D17S74 marker and the breast cancer gene? Lets say that at age 45 the third granddaughter III-3, is diagnosed with breast cancer. Now recalculate the recombination rate between the marker locus D17S74 and the breast cancer gene? Use only the 5 women in your analysis:the two daugthers in generation II and the three granddaughters in generation II