Genetics: From Genes to Genomes
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Author: Leland Hartwell Dr., Michael L. Goldberg Professor Dr., Janice Fischer, Leroy Hood Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 19, Problem 21P
Hypomorphic alleles of a pleiotropic gene essential for early development can sometimes provide enough gene activity for an organism to survive early development. In such cases, the mutant
Mice homozygous for null alleles of Fgf8 (fibroblast growth factor 8) die during early embryogenesis, obscuring a later role for Fgf8 in setting up left/right asymmetry of organs. However, mice homozygous for hypomorphic Fgf8 alleles, develop much further and reveal that Fgf8 protein is a determinant of leftness. In Fgf8 mutants, many organs such as the heart are left/right reversed as shown in the following figure.
How might these Fgf8 hypomorphic mutant alleles been generated? (More than one answer is possible.)
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Genetics: From Genes to Genomes
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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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