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Introduction: In the year 1952, Mary Mitchell isolated a mutant strain of Neurospora exhibiting an erratic stop-and-start growth pattern. She termed this strain as a poky strain possessing altered mtDNA cytochrome, which leads to erratic stop-and-start growth. This phenotype is inherited from the cytoplasmic contributing female parent.
To explain: The phenotypes of progeny associated with the reciprocal cross between stp strain of Neurospora (male) and the wild-type strain (female).
Introduction: In the reciprocal cross, the phenotype of mother and father is exchanged to determine whether sex influences the inheritance pattern.
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- An individual is heterozygous for a reciprocal translocation, with the following chromosomes: A • B C D E F A • B C V W X R ST • U D E F R ST • U V W X Q. Explain why the fertility of this individual is likely to be less than the fertility of an individual without a translocation.arrow_forwardCould you have generated a chromosome map from the F2 progeny in cross 1 (assuming you crossed F1 males and females to each other to generate the F2)? What is the advantage of using cross 2 instead?arrow_forwardThe following results are derived from crosses between Neurospora strain xy and strain ++: Tetrad Class 3 4 ху x+ x+ xy ++ ++ ++ +y +y ху +y 25 ++ 3 124 4 (i) Name the ascus type of each class from 1 to 4 as P, NP or T. (ii) Are genes x and y linked? Explain your answer. (iii) If they are linked, determine the map distance between the two genes. If they are unlinked, provide all the information you can about why you draw this conclusion.arrow_forward
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