Genetics: From Genes to Genomes, 5th edition
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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 18, Problem 18P
Hypomorphic alleles of a pleiotropic gene essential for early development can sometimes provide enough gene activity for an organism to survive early development. In such cases, the mutant
Mice homozygous for null alleles of Fgf8 (fibroblast growth factor 8) die during early embryogenesis, obscuring a later role for Fgf8 in setting up left/right asymmetry of organs. However, mice homozygous for hypomorphic Fgf8 alleles, develop much further and reveal that Fgf8 protein is a determinant of leftness. In Fgf8 mutants, many organs such as the heart are left/right reversed as shown in the following figure.
How might these Fgf8 hypomorphic mutant alleles been generated? (More than one answer is possible.)
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Genetics: From Genes to Genomes, 5th edition
Ch. 18 - Match each of the terms in the left column to the...Ch. 18 - a. If you were interested in the role of a...Ch. 18 - Prob. 3PCh. 18 - Flies homozygous for recessive null mutations in...Ch. 18 - In 1932, H. J. Muller suggested a genetic test to...Ch. 18 - a. Explain how you could use worms transformed...Ch. 18 - Prob. 7PCh. 18 - Sevenless is an unusual receptor protein in that...Ch. 18 - Suppose that you generated flies containing a...Ch. 18 - Drosophila researchers have collected many strains...
Ch. 18 - As an alternative to random mutagenesis,...Ch. 18 - The molecular identity of the fruit fly rugose...Ch. 18 - Prob. 13PCh. 18 - Prob. 14PCh. 18 - Prob. 15PCh. 18 - Some ts alleles are temperature sensitive during...Ch. 18 - Prob. 17PCh. 18 - Hypomorphic alleles of a pleiotropic gene...Ch. 18 - Prob. 19PCh. 18 - Prob. 20PCh. 18 - a. Explain the difference between maternal...Ch. 18 - Prob. 22PCh. 18 - Prob. 23PCh. 18 - Some genes are required both zygotically and...Ch. 18 - How would a human with a mutation in a maternal...Ch. 18 - One important demonstration that Bicoid is an...Ch. 18 - Prob. 27PCh. 18 - Prob. 28PCh. 18 - Wild-type embryos and mutant embryos lacking the...Ch. 18 - The Drosophila even-skipped eve gene has four...Ch. 18 - Prob. 31PCh. 18 - Prob. 32P
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