Concepts of Genetics (12th Edition)
Concepts of Genetics (12th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134604718
Author: William S. Klug, Michael R. Cummings, Charlotte A. Spencer, Michael A. Palladino, Darrell Killian
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5, Problem 30ESP

In laboratory class, a genetics student was assigned to study an unknown mutation in Drosophila that had a whitish eye. He crossed females from his true-breeding mutant stock to wild-type (brick-red-eyed) males, recovering all wild-type F1 flies. In the F2 generation, the following offspring were recovered in the following proportions:

Chapter 5, Problem 30ESP, In laboratory class, a genetics student was assigned to study an unknown mutation in Drosophila that

The student was stumped until the instructor suggested that perhaps the whitish eye in the original stock was the result of homozygosity for a mutation causing brown eyes and a mutation causing bright red eyes, illustrating gene interaction (see Chapter 4). After much thought, the student was able to analyze the data, explain the results, and learn several things about the location of the two genes relative to one another. One key to his understanding was that crossing over occurs in Drosophila females but not in males. Based on his analysis, what did the student learn about the two genes?

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Concepts of Genetics (12th Edition)

Ch. 5 - Why are double-crossover events expected less...Ch. 5 - What is the proposed basis for positive...Ch. 5 - What two essential criteria must be met in order...Ch. 5 - The genes dumpy (dp), clot (cl), and apterous (ap)...Ch. 5 - Colored aleurone in the kernels of com is due to...Ch. 5 - In the cross shown here, involving two linked...Ch. 5 - In a series of two-point mapping crosses involving...Ch. 5 - Two different female Drosophila were isolated,...Ch. 5 - In Drosophila, a cross was made between femalesall...Ch. 5 - Another cross in Drosophila involved the...Ch. 5 - In Drosophila, Dichaete (D) is a mutation on...Ch. 5 - Drosophila females homozygous for the third...Ch. 5 - In Drosophila, two mutations, Stubble (Sb) and...Ch. 5 - If the cross described in Problem 18 were made,...Ch. 5 - Are mitotic recombinations and sister chromatid...Ch. 5 - What possible conclusions can be drawn from the...Ch. 5 - An organism of the genotype AaBbCc was testcrossed...Ch. 5 - Based on our discussion of the potential...Ch. 5 - Traditional gene mapping has been applied...Ch. 5 - DNA markers have greatly enhanced the mapping of...Ch. 5 - In a certain plant, fruit is either red or yellow,...Ch. 5 - Two plants in a cross were each heterozygous for...Ch. 5 - A number of humanmouse somatic cell hybrid clones...Ch. 5 - A female of genotype produces 100 meiotic tetrads....Ch. 5 - In laboratory class, a genetics student was...Ch. 5 - Drosophila melanogaster has one pair of sex...Ch. 5 - In Drosophila, a female fly is heterozygous for...Ch. 5 - The gene controlling the Xg blood group alleles...Ch. 5 - Prob. 34ESP
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