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 18, Problem 6P
| a. | Explain how you could use worms transformed with myo-2::GFP to find mutations that disrupt the structure of the pharynx. How would the presence of the transgene facilitate the mutant screen? |
| b. | Nematodes homozygous for loss-of-function mutations in a gene called pha-4 have no detectable pharyngeal structures. How could you use myo-2::GFP to determine if pha-4 is a master regulatory gene that directs development of the pharynx in a manner similar to the way Pax-6/eyeless controls eye development? (Hint: Review Solved Problem I.) |
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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...
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