Genetics: Analysis and Principles
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781259616020
Author: Robert J. Brooker Professor Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 23.4, Problem 2COMQ
A vector that can carry a large fragment of chromosomal DNA is a
a. YAC.
b. BAC.
c. PAC.
d. any of the above.
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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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