Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (3rd Edition)

3rd Edition

ISBN: 9780134605173

Author: Mark F. Sanders, John L. Bowman

Publisher: PEARSON

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What is a reference genome? How can it be used to survey genetic variation within a species?

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Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (3rd Edition)

Ch. 16 - You have discovered a new species of Archaea from...Ch. 16 - 16.2 Repetitive DNA poses problems for genome...Ch. 16 - 16.3 When the whole-genome shotgun sequence of the...Ch. 16 - How do cDNA sequences facilitate gene annotation?...Ch. 16 - 16.5 How do comparisons between genomes of related...Ch. 16 - 16.6 You are designing algorithms for the...Ch. 16 - 16.7 You have sequenced a region of the Bacillus...Ch. 16 - You have just obtained 100-kb of genomic sequence...Ch. 16 - 16.9 The human genome contains a large number of...Ch. 16 - Based on the tree of life in Figure 16.12, would...

Ch. 16 - 16.11 When comparing genes from two sequenced...Ch. 16 - 16.12 What is a reference genome? How can it be...Ch. 16 - Prob. 13P Ch. 16 - Prob. 14P Ch. 16 - 16.16 Consider the phylogenetic tree below with...Ch. 16 - You have isolated a gene that is important for the...Ch. 16 - 16.18 When the human genome is examined, the...Ch. 16 - Symbiodinium minutum is a dinoflagellate with a...Ch. 16 - Substantial fractions of the genomes of many...Ch. 16 - 16.21 A modification of the system, called the ...Ch. 16 - 16.22 A substantial fraction of almost every...Ch. 16 - 16.23 In the globin gene family shown in Figure ,...Ch. 16 - You are studying similarities and differences in...Ch. 16 - In conducting the study described in Problem 24,...Ch. 16 - Prob. 26P Ch. 16 - Prob. 27P Ch. 16 - Prob. 28P Ch. 16 - Prob. 29P

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