Mastering Genetics with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (2nd Edition)
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Author: Mark F. Sanders, John L. Bowman
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1, Problem 12P
With respect to transcription describe the relationship and sequence correspondence of the RNA transcript and the DNA template strand. Describe the relationship and sequence correspondence of the mRNA transcript to the DNA coding strand.
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Illustrate the process of transcription by providing the correct bases for mRNA strand given the DNA template strand. (Remember that mRNA has uracil instead of thymine.)
Template Strand: CGATACAAA
Create the RNA strand to be synthesized from the DNA double strand below and explain this synthesis, including the functions of the molecules responsible for synthesis.
5’-ATCGCTTGTTCGGAA-3’
3’-TAGCGAACAAGCCTT-5’
Given the following non-coding strand of DNA nucleotides:G T T C C C T T T G G A A C C T G G
Write the nucleotide sequence of the coding strand of DNA:b. Write the nucleotide sequence of mRNA resulting from transcription:c.
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Mastering Genetics with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (2nd Edition)
Ch. 1 - 1. Genetics affects many aspects of our lives....Ch. 1 - 2. How do you think the determination that DNA is...Ch. 1 - 3. A commentator once described genetics as “the...Ch. 1 - All life shares DNA as the hereditary material....Ch. 1 - Define the terms allele, chromosome, and gene and...Ch. 1 - 6. Define the terms genotype and phenotype, and...Ch. 1 - 7. Define natural selection, and describe how...Ch. 1 - Describe the modern synthesis of evolution, and...Ch. 1 - What are the four processes of evolution? Briefly...Ch. 1 - Define each of the following terms: a....
Ch. 1 - 11. Compare and contrast the genome, the proteome,...Ch. 1 - With respect to transcription describe the...Ch. 1 - If thymine makes up 21% of the DNA nucleotides in...Ch. 1 - What reactive chemical groups are found at the 5...Ch. 1 - Identify two differences in chemical composition...Ch. 1 - What is the central dogma of molecular biology?...Ch. 1 - A portion of a polypeptide contains the amino...Ch. 1 - The following segment of DNA is the template...Ch. 1 - 29. Consider the following segment of...Ch. 1 - 23. Fill in the missing nucleotides (so there are...Ch. 1 - 26. Four nucleic acid samples are analyzed to...Ch. 1 - 23. Are seed-eating finches among Darwin’s finches...Ch. 1 - 28. If one is constructing a phylogeny of reptiles...
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- in transcription, if the gene to be transcribed is 5’-ATCCGTGTAACCTT-3’, what is the sequence of the newly synthesized RNA strand? Write the sequence from 5’ to 3’. What is the sequence of the template DNA strand? Write the sequence from 5’ to 3’.arrow_forwardHow would you make a copy of DNA from an mRNA transcript and what is this molecule called?arrow_forwardGene Expression: Illustrate some steps involved in RNA processing and identify the sequence of amino acids in a polypeptide chain corresponding to the codons in the mRNA. Procedure and Questions: The following segment of DNA codes for a protein. The uppercase letters represent exons. The lowercase letters represent introns. The lower strand is the template strand. 1. Indicate the 3’ and 5’ ends of both strands. G C T A T A A T G G C A a a a t t g G G T C A G G C A a a t c g a C A T A G C T G A C G G g g a t g a G G T T A A C G A T A T T A C C G T t t t a a c C C A G T C C G T t t a g c t G T A T C G A C T G C C c c t a c t C C A A T T 2. Write the pre-mRNA molecule. Indicate the 3’ and 5’ ends. 3. Write the mRNA molecule. Indicate the 3’ and 5’ ends. 4. Write the tRNA anticodons corresponding to the codons in the mRNA. 5. Write the sequence of amino acids in the resulting polypeptidearrow_forward
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