Genetics: Analysis and Principles
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Author: Robert J. Brooker Professor Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Shotgun sequencing is a method that is used for deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing. Fred Sanger and his colleagues used shotgun sequencing for the first time to sequence the genome of microscopic organisms like, viruses and bacteria with small genetic material. The first organism that was sequenced using shotgun was Hemophilus influenzae. Craig Venter also used this method to sequence the human genome.
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Shotgun sequencing is a method of DNA sequencing in whicha. the DNA fragments to be sequenced are randomly generatedfrom larger DNA fragments.b. the sequencing reactions are carried out in rapidsuccession.c. the samples to be sequenced are rapidly generatedby PCR.d. all of the above occur.
A contig is
a. a set of molecular markers used in gene mapping.
b. a set of overlapping fragments that form a continuous stretch of DNA.
c. a set of fragments generated by a restriction enzyme.
d. a small DNA fragment used in sequencing.
Would it be possible to use human polymerase for the PCR reaction?
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No, because human polymerase does not have the ability to withstand the high temperatures required for the PCR reaction to occur.
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No, because human polymerase cannot be extracted from cells to use in a lab setting.
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Yes, because we are using human DNA as the template DNA.
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Yes, because human polymerase can add bases to a template strand without a primer.
Chapter 23 Solutions
Genetics: Analysis and Principles
Ch. 23.1 - Prob. 1COMQCh. 23.2 - Prob. 1COMQCh. 23.3 - A molecular marker is a _____ found at a specific...Ch. 23.3 - 2. Which of the following is an example of a...Ch. 23.3 - To map the distance between molecular markers via...Ch. 23.4 - 1. What is a contig?
a. A fragment of DNA that...Ch. 23.4 - A vector that can carry a large fragment of...Ch. 23.4 - 3. Chromosomal walking is a method of _____ in...Ch. 23.5 - Prob. 1COMQCh. 23.5 - Prob. 2COMQ
Ch. 23.5 - 3. A prokaryotic genome is about 4 million bp in...Ch. 23.6 - Metagenomics is aimed at a. determining the...Ch. 23 - 1. A person with a rare genetic disease has a...Ch. 23 - For each of the following, decide if it could be...Ch. 23 - Which of the following statements about molecular...Ch. 23 - 1. Is each of the following a method used in...Ch. 23 - Prob. 2EQCh. 23 - Prob. 3EQCh. 23 - The cells from a persons malignant tumor were...Ch. 23 - 5. Figure 23.2 describes the technique of FISH....Ch. 23 - Explain how DNA probes with different fluorescence...Ch. 23 - 7. A researcher is interested in a gene found on...Ch. 23 - Prob. 8EQCh. 23 - Prob. 9EQCh. 23 - Prob. 10EQCh. 23 - Prob. 11EQCh. 23 - Prob. 12EQCh. 23 - In the Human Genome Project, researchers have...Ch. 23 - 14. Take a look at question 3 in More Genetic...Ch. 23 - 15. Place the following stages of a physical...Ch. 23 - 16. What is an STS? How are STSs generated...Ch. 23 - 17. Four cosmid clones, which we will call cosmids...Ch. 23 - A human gene, which we will call geneX, is located...Ch. 23 - 19. Describe how you would clone a gene by...Ch. 23 - 20. A bacterium has a genome size of 4.4 Mb. If a...Ch. 23 - 21. Discuss the advantages of next-generation...Ch. 23 - Prob. 22EQCh. 23 - Prob. 23EQCh. 23 - What is a molecular marker? Give two examples....Ch. 23 - Which goals of the Human Genome Project do you...
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