Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (3rd Edition)
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Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (3rd Edition)
Ch. 11 - 11.1 Identify two general ways chemical mutagens...Ch. 11 - 11.2 Nitrous acid and (BU) alter DNA by different...Ch. 11 - 11.3 What is the difference between a transition...Ch. 11 - What is the difference between a synonymous...Ch. 11 - 11.5 UV irradiation causes damage to bacterial...Ch. 11 - Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is mutagenic.
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Ch. 11 - 11.11 Two different mutations are identified in a...Ch. 11 - What is the phenotype effect of inserting a Ds...Ch. 11 - 11.13 Answer the following questions concerning...Ch. 11 - Several types of mutation are identified and...Ch. 11 - 11.15 A sample of the bacterium is exposed to...Ch. 11 - 11.16 A strain of is identified as having a null...Ch. 11 - Describe the difference between DNA transposons...Ch. 11 - 11.18 How are flanking direct repeat sequences...Ch. 11 - 11.19 Using the adeninethymine base pair in this...Ch. 11 - The partial amino acid sequence of a wild-type...Ch. 11 - Prob. 21PCh. 11 - 11.22 Many human genes are known to have homologs...Ch. 11 - The fluctuation test performed by Luria and...Ch. 11 - In this chapter, three features of genes or of DNA...Ch. 11 - Briefly compare the production of DNA double -...Ch. 11 - During mismatch repair, why is it necessary to...Ch. 11 - 11.27 Following the spill of a mixture of...Ch. 11 - 11.28 In an Ames test using Salmonella bacteria a...Ch. 11 - A wild - type culture of haploid yeast is exposed...Ch. 11 - A fragment of a wild - type polypeptide is...Ch. 11 - Prob. 31PCh. 11 - Alkaptonuria is a human autosomal recessive...Ch. 11 - 11.33 In an experiment employing the methods of...Ch. 11 - Using your knowledge of DNA repair pathways choose...Ch. 11 - 11.35 Ataxia telangiectasia is a human inherited...Ch. 11 - A geneticist searching for mutations uses the...Ch. 11 - 11.37 In a mousebreeding experiment a new mutation...Ch. 11 - 11.38 Considering the Dumbo mutation in a Problem,...Ch. 11 - 11.39 Thinking back to the discussion of...Ch. 11 - 11.40 Common baker’s yeast () is normally grown at...Ch. 11 - 11.41 The two gels illustrated below contain...
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