In this chapter, we considered a computer program that translates aDNA sequence into a polypeptide sequence. Instead of runningthis program, a researcher could simply look the codons up in agenetic code table and determine the sequence by hand. What arethe advantages of running the program rather than doing the translationthe old-fashioned way, by hand?
Gene Interactions
When the expression of a single trait is influenced by two or more different non-allelic genes, it is termed as genetic interaction. According to Mendel's law of inheritance, each gene functions in its own way and does not depend on the function of another gene, i.e., a single gene controls each of seven characteristics considered, but the complex contribution of many different genes determine many traits of an organism.
Gene Expression
Gene expression is a process by which the instructions present in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) are converted into useful molecules such as proteins, and functional messenger ribonucleic (mRNA) molecules in the case of non-protein-coding genes.
In this chapter, we considered a computer program that translates a
DNA sequence into a polypeptide sequence. Instead of running
this program, a researcher could simply look the codons up in a
genetic code table and determine the sequence by hand. What are
the advantages of running the program rather than doing the translation
the old-fashioned way, by hand?
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