Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (3rd Edition)
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Author: Mark F. Sanders, John L. Bowman
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 7, Problem 11P
There is a problem completing the replication of linear chromosomes at their ends.
a. Describe the problem and identify why telomeres shorten in each replication cycle.
b. What is the function of telomerase, and how does it operate to synthesize telomeres?
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3b) Briefly explain what telomerase does, how it accomplishes what it does, and why that allows a cell to completely and accurately replicate the ends of linear DNA molecules. (please note that the question does not ask you to explain the entire process of replication of the end of a linear DNA strand, it only asks about the function of telomerase in this process)
A). Briefly describe the function of telomerase. B). How does the structure of telomerase allow it to complete the function you described?
Chapter 7 Solutions
Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (3rd Edition)
Ch. 7 - What results from the experiments of Frederick...Ch. 7 - 7.2 Explain why Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty’s in...Ch. 7 - 7.3 Hershey and Chase selected the bacteriophage...Ch. 7 - 7.4 Explain how the Hershey and Chase experiment...Ch. 7 - 7.5 One strand of a fragment of duplex DNA has the...Ch. 7 - 7.6 The principles of complementary base pairing...Ch. 7 - For the following fragment of DNA, determine the...Ch. 7 - 7.8 Figures present simplified depictions of...Ch. 7 - 7.9 Consider the sequence -ACGCTACGTC-.
What is...Ch. 7 - DNA polymerase III is the main DNA-synthesizing...
Ch. 7 - There is a problem completing the replication of...Ch. 7 - Explain how RNA participates in DNA replication.Ch. 7 - A sample of double-stranded DNA is found to...Ch. 7 - Bacterial DNA polymerase I and DNA polymerase III...Ch. 7 - Diagram a replication fork in bacterial DNA and...Ch. 7 - Prob. 16PCh. 7 - Which of the following equalities is not true for...Ch. 7 - List the order in which the following proteins and...Ch. 7 - Two viral genomes are sequenced, and the following...Ch. 7 - Matthew Meselson and Franklin Stahl demonstrated...Ch. 7 - Raymond Rodriguez and colleagues demonstrated...Ch. 7 - 7.22 Joel Huberman and Arthur Riggs used pulse...Ch. 7 - 7.23 Why do the genomes of eukaryotes, such as...Ch. 7 - Bloom syndrome (OMIM 210900) is an autosomal...Ch. 7 - 7.25 How does rolling circle replication (see...Ch. 7 - Telomeres are found at the ends of eukaryotic...Ch. 7 - A family consisting of a mother (I-1), a father...Ch. 7 - In a dideoxy DNA sequencing experiment, four...Ch. 7 - Prob. 29PCh. 7 - Using an illustration style and labeling similar...Ch. 7 - A PCR reaction begins with one double-stranded...Ch. 7 - Prob. 32PCh. 7 - Prob. 33PCh. 7 - 7.34 A sufficient amount of a small DNA fragment...Ch. 7 - You are participating in a study group preparing...Ch. 7 - Prob. 36PCh. 7 - The following diagram shows the parental strands...Ch. 7 - Go to the OMIM website...
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