Complete the sentences You cross two mice with wildtype (long) tails and collect a male offspring with a short tail, who you name Squeak. Tail length is controlled by the gene Lf, which is a paternally imprinted gene in mice. Given that this is an imprinted gene, explain the inheritance and expression of the trait. 1. Squeak’s short tail allele was inherited from the _____ (female, male, or either) parent. That parent did not express the trait because the allele was ____ (unmethylated, methylated) in the parent’s somatic cells and was inherited from that parent’s own ___ (mother, father, either mother or father) 2. If Squeak’s offspring inherit the short tail allele from Squeak, will they have short tails? Yes or No? 3. If Squeak was a female instead of a male, which answers in this question would change? ____ (some of the answers, all of the answers, or only the one about the offspring)

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You cross two mice with wildtype (long) tails and collect a male offspring with a short tail, who you name Squeak. Tail length is controlled by the gene Lf, which is a paternally imprinted gene in mice. Given that this is an imprinted gene, explain the inheritance and expression of the trait.

1. Squeak’s short tail allele was inherited from the  _____  (female, male, or either) parent.  That parent did not express the trait because the allele was ____ (unmethylated, methylated) in the parent’s somatic cells and was inherited from that parent’s own ___ (mother, father, either mother or father)

2. If Squeak’s offspring inherit the short tail allele from Squeak, will they have short tails? Yes or No?

3. If Squeak was a female instead of a male, which answers in this question would change?   ____ (some of the answers, all of the answers, or only the one about the offspring)

 

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