Genetics: From Genes to Genomes, 5th edition
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780073525310
Author: Leland H. Hartwell, Michael L. Goldberg, Janice A. Fischer, Leroy Hood, Charles F. Aquadro
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 12, Problem 53P
The accompanying figure shows idiograms of human chromosomes 1 and 2 and the corresponding chromosomes of the great apes. Although chromosome 1 is extremely similar in all four species, human chromosome 2’s banding pattern resembles those of two different great ape chromosomes. Advance a hypothesis that explains the relationship between human chromosome 2 and the great ape chromosomes shown.
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Genetics: From Genes to Genomes, 5th edition
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Ch. 12 - The recessive, X-linked z1 mutation of the...Ch. 12 - Genes a and b are 21 m.u. apart when mapped in...Ch. 12 - In the following group of figures, the pink lines...Ch. 12 - Three strains of Drosophila Bravo, X-ray, and...Ch. 12 - Prob. 15PCh. 12 - Suppose a haploid yeast strain carrying two...Ch. 12 - In the mating between two haploid yeast strains...Ch. 12 - During ascus formation in Neurospora, any...Ch. 12 - In the following figure, black and pink lines...Ch. 12 - In Drosophila, the gene for cinnabar eye color is...Ch. 12 - Semisterility in corn, as seen by unfilled ears...Ch. 12 - Prob. 22PCh. 12 - Prob. 23PCh. 12 - Prob. 24PCh. 12 - Duchenne muscular dystrophy DMD is caused by a...Ch. 12 - Explain how transposable elements can cause the...Ch. 12 - The Drosophila genome normally harbors about 40 P...Ch. 12 - Prob. 28PCh. 12 - Fred and Mary have a child named Bob. The genomic...Ch. 12 - Uniparental disomy is a rare phenomenon in which...Ch. 12 - Among adults with Turner syndrome, it has been...Ch. 12 - In Neurospora, his2 mutants require the amino acid...Ch. 12 - Human geneticists interested in the effects of...Ch. 12 - The incidence of Down syndrome will be very high...Ch. 12 - The Drosophila chromosome 4 is extremely small;...Ch. 12 - Down syndrome is usually caused by having a...Ch. 12 - Common red clover, Trifolium pratense, is a...Ch. 12 - The numbers of chromosomes in the somatic cells of...Ch. 12 - Prob. 39PCh. 12 - Somatic cells in organisms of a particular diploid...Ch. 12 - Prob. 41PCh. 12 - Prob. 42PCh. 12 - Chromosomes normally associate during meiosis I as...Ch. 12 - Using whole-genome sequencing, how could you...Ch. 12 - Prob. 45PCh. 12 - Prob. 46PCh. 12 - Seedless watermelons that you find in the...Ch. 12 - Prob. 48PCh. 12 - What characteristic property of translocations...Ch. 12 - In examining the genome of the rice Oryza sativa...Ch. 12 - Prob. 51PCh. 12 - Prob. 52PCh. 12 - The accompanying figure shows idiograms of human...
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