Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (2nd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321948908
Author: Mark F. Sanders, John L. Bowman
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 16, Problem 14P
Given your knowledge of the genetic tools for studying Drosophila, outline a method by which you could clone the dunce and rutabaga genes identified by Seymour Benzer’s laboratory in the genetic screen described at the beginning of this chapter.
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Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (2nd Edition)
Ch. 16 - 14.1 What are the advantages and disadvantages of...Ch. 16 - Prob. 2PCh. 16 - 3. Genetic maps and physical maps are both...Ch. 16 - 14.5 What are the advantages and disadvantages of...Ch. 16 - 14.6 You have cloned the mouse ortholog (see...Ch. 16 - 14.13 The CBF genes of Arabidopsis are induced by...Ch. 16 - 14.14 When the S. cerevisiae genome was sequenced,...Ch. 16 - 14.15 Translational fusions between a protein of...Ch. 16 - In enhancer trapping experiments, a minimal...Ch. 16 - 14.19 In Genetic Analysis, we designed a screen to...
Ch. 16 - How would you design a genetic screen to find...Ch. 16 - 14.21 The eyes of Drosophila develop from imaginal...Ch. 16 - 14.22 Given your knowledge of the genetic tools...Ch. 16 - Mutations in the CFTR gene result in cystic...Ch. 16 - Prob. 16PCh. 16 - 14.25 How would you conduct a screen to identify...Ch. 16 - In land plants, there is an alternation of...Ch. 16 - 14.27 The Drosophila evenskipped (eve) gene is...Ch. 16 - Prob. 20PCh. 16 - 14.29 As shown in Figure, mutations in the...
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