ND STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY LOOSELEAF GENETICS: FROM GENES TO GENOMES
ND STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY LOOSELEAF GENETICS: FROM GENES TO GENOMES
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ISBN: 9781260406092
Author: HARTWELL, Leland, HOOD, Leroy, Goldberg, Michael
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education/stony Brook University
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Chapter 19, Problem 15P

To determine the focus of action of boss+, researchers performed a mosaic experiment like the one shown in Fig. 19.11: Ommatida mosaic for w+boss+ and w- boss- photoreceptors were generated by mitotic recombination using FLP/FRT.

a. Describe the appearance of the mosaic ommatidia (which cells are w+ and which are w-) that have a wild-type phenotype (R7 present) and that have a boss- mutant phenotype (R7 absent). What is the focus of action of the boss+ gene?
b. Although the boss gene is located on chromosome 3, it was still possible to use the w+ gene as a marker for boss+ cells. This was achieved by using flies in which the endogenous white gene on the X chromosome was mutant and that carried a P[w+] transgene on chromosome 3. Diagram the chromosomes used, including in your diagram the positions of the FRTs, the P[w+], boss- and boss+ alleles, and the mitotic crossover. Show also how the chromosomes segregate into daughter cells to generate the mosaics.
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ND STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY LOOSELEAF GENETICS: FROM GENES TO GENOMES

Ch. 19 - Drosophila researchers have collected many strains...Ch. 19 - As an alternative to random mutagenesis,...Ch. 19 - A C. elegans nematode gene called par-1 helps to...Ch. 19 - The molecular identity of the fruit fly rugose...Ch. 19 - To determine the focus of action of boss,...Ch. 19 - Suppose a particular gene is required for early...Ch. 19 - Researchers have exploited Minute mutations in...Ch. 19 - Some ts alleles are temperature sensitive during...Ch. 19 - The following figure shows the temperature-shift...Ch. 19 - A temperature-sensitive allele of the gene...Ch. 19 - Hypomorphic alleles of a pleiotropic gene...Ch. 19 - In addition to the maternal effect genes that...Ch. 19 - The yan gene encodes a transcription factor that...Ch. 19 - Recall from Chapter 17 that in Drosophila, sex...Ch. 19 - a. Explain the difference between maternal...Ch. 19 - In the 1920s, Arthur Boycott, working with the...Ch. 19 - The Drosophila mutant screen shown on the...Ch. 19 - Some genes are required both zygotically and...Ch. 19 - How would a human with a mutation in a maternal...Ch. 19 - One important demonstration that Bicoid is an...Ch. 19 - The hunchback gene contains a 5 transcriptional...Ch. 19 - In flies developing from eggs laid by a...Ch. 19 - Wild-type embryos and mutant embryos lacking the...Ch. 19 - The Drosophila even-skipped eve gene has four...Ch. 19 - In Drosophila with loss-of-function mutations...Ch. 19 - It is crucial to the development of Drosophila...Ch. 19 - In the plant Arabidopsis thaliana, every flower is...
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