Describe the mechanism by which retrotransposon such as SINES and LINES get moved around within genome

Q: Transposable elements are short segments of DNA, presentin ___________ locations, that move around…

A: Introduction Transposons are the short highly repeated DNA sequence present in heterochromatic…

Q: The word transcribe means “to write out.” The word translate means “to express in another language.”…

A: In another language, Transcribe means “to write out” Translate means “to express in”

Q: Define exon shuffling and explain why its occurrence might be an evolutionary advantage.

A: Gene expression is the process by which the instructions in the DNA are converted into a functional…

Q: Identify a problem in molecular biology and how to use CRISPR/cas 9 system to solve it.

A: "CRISPR" is "clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat". It's a piece of DNA that…

Q: Construct a table, concept map, or picture to summarize how base analogues, DNA-modifying agents,…

A: Table of mutations induced by base analogue ,intercalary agents and DNA modifying agents --…

Q: A molecular geneticist hopes to find a Gene in human liver cell that codes for an important…

A: In heredity, gene occupies the basic physical and functional unit. They are found to be composed of…

Q: A molecular geneticist hopes to find a gene in human liver cells that codes for an important…

A: With the help of the Human Genome Project, it has now become possible to sequence all of the genes…

Q: Compare the architecture of prokaryotic and eukaryotic genes.

A: Prokaryotic genes-Form mRNA-Polycistronic mRNA-multiple polypeptide sequence-more than one…

Q: DNA mutations can affect the reading frame for the genetic code. What is a human condition caused by…

A: The cell is the basic structural and functional unit of the body. The nucleus is called the brain of…

Q: A molecular geneticist hopes to find a gene in human liver cells that codes for an important…

A: A desired gene is defined as the insertion of  copies of the gene into the living cells in order to…

Q: List some of the characteristics that make bacteriophages ideal organisms for many types of genetic…

A: Viruses are microscopic agents that can replicate only inside host cells. They can infect all types…

Q: describe use of transposons as mutagens in bacteria

A: Transposons are the genetic elements that can change their position within the genome.

Q: Compared with prokaryotic genomes, eukaryotic genomes are small, with less densely organized genes…

A: According to the question, we have to explain in comparison with the prokaryotic genomes, eukaryotic…

Q: A geneticist discovers that two different proteins are encoded by the same gene. One protein has 56…

A: A gene is a stretch of nucleotides present in the DNA molecule. It encodes information for the…

Q: Explain how the function of transposable elements might account fortheir prevalence in human…

A: Transposable elements, also known as jumping genes are short segments of DNA, which have special…

Q: Define the term Transposons and show the shifting segments of the genome.

A: Barbara McClintock in New York discovered transposable elements more than 50 years ago. Initially,…

Q: Explain the importance of the reading frame of a proteincoding gene

A: A gene is an area of DNA molecule or polymer of amino acid that encodes function. A chromosome…

Q: Discuss the mechanism of DNA recombination and its role in a variety of biological processes.

A: DNA recombination is a process by which new combinations of DNA or alleles are obtained by breaking…

Q: Describe how RNA primers are removed in eukaryotes.

A: DNA replication is a process in which two DNA molecules are synthesized from a single DNA molecule.…

Q: A molecular geneticist hopes to find a gene in human liver cells that codes for an important…

A: The nucleotides sequence of the small part of the gene of interest is GTGGACTGACA as given in the…

Q: Describe the relationship between the promoters forsense and antisense RNAs of a gene

A: The promoter region present in the operon mainly consists of a binding site for RNA polymerase in…

Q: Explain how protein-encoding regions are found when analyzing a DNA sequence.

A: Genes and intergenic gaps are found in the DNA of eukaryotes. Exons and introns are the two subunits…

Q: A cDNA clone contains (a) introns (b) exons (c) anticodons (d) a and b (e) b and c

A: A gene is the essential physical and functional unit of heredity. They are comprised of DNA…

Q: Explain how exon shuffling can be due to unequal homologous recombination.

A: Exon shuffling is defined as a molecular process for the arrangement of new genes. It is a cycle…

Q: Briefly explain why CpG islands might have come to be underrepresented in eukaryotic genomes.

A: CpG islands are the sites of methylation on DNA. Methylation of DNA occurs to silence some genes of…

Q: Explain the  use of transposons as mutagens in bacteria

A: Transposons are genetic components with the ability to move around inside the genome.

Q: Briefly explain how or why making a region of DNA heterochromatic results in little or no expression…

A: DNA consists of two regions euchromatin and heterochromatin. heterochromatin are darkly stained…

Q: Describe how genome-wide association studies have led to new understandings about the structure and…

A: Systems biology is a method for comprehending complex biological systems. It necessitates the…

Q: Explain how transposons and retrotransposons move to new locations in a genome.

A: The transposable elements (TEs) are the jumping deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequences.

Q: Define Nonoverlapping code as they apply to the genetic code

A: The set of rules that allows genetic material information to get translated into proteins is called…

Q: Why can the genome be thought of as life's instruction manual?

A: The chromosome is the fundamental unit of heredity. It is composed of double-stranded DNA…

Q: Define Reading frame as they apply to the genetic code

A: The central dogma of life is- DNA ---> mRNA ---> Protein The process of formation of mRNA from…

Q: • Inversions alter the order, but not the number, of geneson a __________

A: The number and the structure of the chromosomes are maintained as such during the meiosis, however,…

Q: an adult with a history of tanning has his genome sequenced. The beginning of a protein coding…

A: Mutations are the changes in the genetic sequence that may result in genotypic or phenotypic…

Q: escribe types of mutagens with 5 examples and their mutagenic effects and mechanisms

A: Mutagens are defined as any substances that can induce mutation(s) in DNA are known as Mutagens.…

Q: using example what is a degenerate primer? with the aid of diagrams discuss how degenerate primers…

A: A degenerate primer is defined as: "A mix of oligonucleotide sequences in which some positions…

Q: Describe the basic structure of a gene.

A: Gene is the region of DNA that encodes proteins and a trait. While each gene is composed of two…

Q: Explain how a single base deletion in the middle of a gene would change the reading frame of that…

A: DNA( deoxyribonucleic acid) is the double-stranded molecule that is the genetic material in most…

Q: The best molecular technique to quantify the gene transcripts is (write in fu!!).

A: The Central Dogma concept states that "DNA makes RNA and RNA makes protein". This concept is…

Q: Briefly explain why RNA-seq gives more information about the transcriptome than does microarray…

A: Messenger (m-RNA) ribonucleic acid is known to be transcribed from the DNA molecule, which is the…

Q: Describe how a mutation in the regions below could cause such a drastic effect that it creates a…

A: The transcription is the production of RNA from the DNA and the translation is the production of…

Q: Discuss what is meant by the term genome

A: Organisms are classified as monoploid, diploid, triploid, tetraploid, etc based on the number of…