G = Yellow A = Green T = Red C = Blue Normal Mutant Locate and describe the mutation.

Q: Which type of mutation is simulated in the following example?   Wild type: THE ONE BIG FLY HAD…

A: The mutation simulated is point mutation.

Q: How can DNA microarrays be used to determine which genes of a bacterial pathogen are expressed both…

A: DNA microarray or biochip is a technique wherein different DNA molecules are first attached to a…

Q: The first attempts at gene therapy began in 1990 with the treatment of a young girl with a genetic…

A: SCID stands for Severe combined Immunodeficiency. SCID is a group of very rare, life-threatening…

Q: In the accompanying diagram, the cate the positions of restriction sites in two alterna- tive DNA…

A: RFLP (Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism) is a technique that exploits the variation in the…

Q: DNA from a strain of Bacillus subtilis with genotype a + b + c + d + e + is used to transform a…

A: Introduction :- The basic physical and functional unit of heredity is the gene. DNA is the material…

Q: High-throughput sequencing reveals 30 new mutations have occurred in the coding regions of genes in…

A: Answer:- Option E is correct

Q: You analyze the DNA from frogs caught near a chemotherapy distribution center that flooded releasing…

A: There are four nitrogenous bases in a DNA Adenine(A) ,guanine (G) ,Cytosine (C) ,and thymine (T).…

Q: If you were working on the Human Genome project and trying to distinguish genes from transposons,…

A: The gene is the sequence of nucleotides and is the functional unit of heredity. Genes contain…

Q: In a genomic analysis looking for a specific disease gene, one candidate gene was found to have a…

A: Point mutations are of several kinds deletion inversion substitution duplication   The single base…

Q: Give 1 example of diseases arising from each of the following mutations and explain each. Point…

A: mutations are any alternations in genetic sequence in the dna . mutations cause change in the…

Q: design a method to treat the most common mutation that causes sickle cell anemia using CRISPR/Cas.…

A: CRISPR Technology/  Clustered regularly  interspersed  short palindromic repeats is the technology…

Q: Describe step 1: hybridization of template and primer in automated sanger sequencing

A: Introduction  Sanger sequencing is also known as the “chain termination method”. It is a method for…

Q: Explain with help of diagrams the mutagenic effects on DNA of following mutagens? Below is an…

A: Introduction: Mutation- These are the random heritable changes that occurs in the DNA sequence among…

Q: explain the following terms: genomics, mutations(variants) & proteomics

A: The genome is a cell's entire collection of genetic material. In humans, the genome is made up of 23…

Q: In gene mapping using generalized transduction, bacterial genes that are cotransduced are a. far…

A: Transduction is a process used to map the bacterial genes. The transduction is of two types,…

Q: Below is a portion of an exon from a gene that encodes protein Y in the genome of the plant…

A: Ans 1 :  Yes, there is a mutation in third codon when counting from 5/ to 3/ on template strand in…

Q: Bacteriophage lambda (λ) consists primarily of a head, which contains the genomic DNA, and a tail…

A: Answer: Bacteriophage are the bacteria infecting viruses, which are able to infect bacteria. These…

Q: Select the definition of a microsatellite. short pieces of DNA surrounding the periphery of the…

A: Answer

Q: Using the diagram below describe the significance of DNA sequencing for identification of mutations.

A: DNA sequencing is typically the process of determining the nucleic acid sequence the order of…

Q: Design forward and reverse primers to amplify this ENTIRE locus by PCR. Design each primer to be 10…

A: The forward and reverse primers are both important components used in PCR for amplifying a target…

Q: . The position of the gene for the protein actin in the haploid fungus Neurospora is known from the…

A: DNA is the genetic material in most living organisms. It is the information hub of the cell that…

Q: A bacterial transformation is performed with a donor strain that is resistant to four drugs, A, B,…

A: The genetic alterations of a cell that results from the direct uptake and integration of exogenous…

Q: Following PCR amplification of a disease gene, you perform sequence analysis using a primer 20…

A: After performing sequencing through gel electrophoresis DNA fragments are organized according to…

Q: in your word, identify one difference one similarity between 16 S sequencing and metagenomic shotgun…

A: With the advancements in science, different techniques have emerged to sequence the genomes of…

Q: When doing a lab that involves Extraction of Genomic DNA from adult Drosophila melanogaster. - What…

A: Drosophila melanogaster, known colloquially as the fruit fly, remains one of the most commonly used…

Q: Positional cloning identifies DNA______________s that arelinked to disease genes.

A: DNA or deoxuribonucleic acid is a polymer of deoxy ribonucleotides connected together via…

Q: Give a step by step method and diagram of how reversible terminator sequencing works.

A: The reversible terminator sequencing or Illumina dye sequencing is a technique used to determine the…

Q: Artificial chromosomes have been used as cloning vectorsand in studies to identify the functional…

A: Artificial chromosomes are cloning vectors that can carry DNA inserts orders of magnitude larger…

Q: Describe the outcome of a chain-terminator sequencing procedure in which (a) too little ddNTP is…

A: Sanger DNA sequencing is also known as the sequencing process of chain-termination. In addition to…

Q: The picture below depicts an aberration in the process of genetic coding. Which of the following…

A: DNA replication is the process by which a new DNA is synthesized by using a parental DNA molecule.…

Q: The stringency of PCR amplification can be controlled by altering the temperature at which the…

A: PCR amplification is defined as the specific amplification of mostly DNA or RNA targets. This is…

Q: Discuss the role (presence and absence) of a selectable marker (selection) in cloning a recombinant…

A: Recombinant DNA molecule is defined the molecule in which an isolated DNA fragment or gene of…

Q: Hershey and Chase were able to see whether the backteriophage moved genetic material because they…

A: The deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is the double-stranded molecule which is the genetic material in…

Q: In an in situ hybridization experiment, what is the relationship betweenthe base sequence of the…

A: Hybridization refers to the pairing or bonding of two different molecules.

Q: These sequences are obtained as part of a human genome sequencing project using a library of 150 kb…

A: Contigs are the overlapping sequences present on DNA fragments. Each set of contigs is counted as…

Q: Which of the following endonuclease removes a length of DNA between two telomere sequences?a)…

A: Endonucleases are the restriction enzymes which make cuts at a specific positions within the DNA.…

Q: You PCR amplify a gene as a test for a mutant version. The unmutated gene (wild type) will yield a…

A: Polymerase chain reaction or PCR is a technique widely used to make huge number of  copies of a DNA…

Q: One type of cancer is caused by a mutation that occurs in a gene whose length is 2kb. A 200bp…

A: Introduction The polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, is a chemical reaction used by molecular…

Q: The following image depicts a short stretch of sequence associated with a gene. Which of the…

A: The given DNA strand is as follow 5'- AACTATAAGCCTTGGCCGATTCGATGCTAAATTGCGCATAA-3 We know DNA has…

Q: In a transformation experiment involving a wild type bacterial strain with a recipient strain with…

A: Cotransduction frequency depicts that two genes are tranduced together. This suggests that two genes…

Q: Primers can sometimes bind and target the wrong gene, especially if the primers are allowed to bind…

A: PCR is known as a polymerase chain reaction. This method is used to amplify the gene of interest.…

Q: Three mutations were obtained in a bacterial gene. An antibody is available for the protein product…

A: "Genes" are the fundamental unit of heredity. They store genetic information in the form of DNA,…

Q: Explain the Detection of the sickle-cell mutation by sequencing of PCR products?

A: The disorder in which a group of red blood cells becomes sickle-shaped, it is known as sickle cell…

Q: What are site-recombinases? Describe in detail how cre- recombinase can be used to decipher the…

A: Genetic recombination is the transfer of genetic material between organisms, resulting in offspring…

Q: Finding disease-causing mutations among the many DNAvariations that distinguish individual genomes…

A: The exome is a part of the genome and composed of exons. Exons are sequences within the mature mRNA…

Q: The accompanying photo shows a sequencing gel from the original study that first sequenced the…

A: Cystic fibrosis is a type of inherited disease that will cause serious damage to the digestive…

Q: Microbiology, Horizontal Gene Transfer Describe the role of recombination in gene transfer: which…

A: Genetic recombination takes place when hereditary material is swapped between two dissimilar…

Mitochondrial Mutations

A mitochondrion is a cellular organelle that serves as the site for cellular respiration and energy production (ATP or Adenosine Triphosphate). It is a double-membrane-bound organelle and is only present in eukaryotic cells.