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- Explain the Retrotransposons—the Copia –White-Apricot System in Drosophila ?A mutation occurs in the Drosophila doublesex gene that prevents Tra from binding to the dsx RNA transcript. What would be the consequences of this mutation for Dsx protein expression in males? In females?Discuss how the anterior portion of the anteroposterior axis is established in Drosophila. What aspects of oogenesis are critical in establishing this axis? What do you think would happen if the bicoid mRNA was not trapped at the anterior end but instead diffused freely throughout the oocyte?
- Discuss the morphological differences between the parasegments and segments of Drosophila. Discuss the evidence, providing specific examples, that suggests the parasegments of the embryo are the subdivisions for the organization of gene expression.Why is it that mutations in bicoid and nanos exhibit genetic maternal effect in Drosophila (a mutation in the maternal parent produces a phenotype that shows up in the offspring), but mutations in runt and gooseberry do not?In flies, the gap gene kruppel is expressed in a broad band in the middle of the embryo with giant expressed as its anterior border and knirps at its posterior border. How is the expression of kruppel limited to this band in the embryo? Describe the spatial regulation of the kruppel gene.
- Draw a diagram to illustrate how a concentration gradient of a transcription factor along the anterior-posterior axis of a Drosophila embryo can create a region in the middle in which transcription of a target gene takes place without being transcribed in either the anterior or posterior region.Describe the relationship between homeotic genes in Drosophila and in mice.In the sea urchin, early development may occur even in the presence of actinomycin D, which inhibits RNA synthesis. However, if actinomycin D is present early in development but is removed a few hours later, all development stops. In fact, if actinomycin D is present only between the sixth and eleventh hours of development, events that normally occur at the fifteenth hour are arrested. What conclusions can be drawn concerning the role of gene transcription between hours 6 and 15?