Genetics: From Genes to Genomes
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ISBN: 9781259700903
Author: Leland Hartwell Dr., Michael L. Goldberg Professor Dr., Janice Fischer, Leroy Hood Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 9, Problem 9P
Consider a partial restriction digestion, in which genomic DNA is exposed to a small, limiting amount of a restriction enzyme for a very short period of time.
| a. | Would the resultant fragments be longer or shorter or the same size as those produced by a complete digestion? |
| b. | If you prepared genomic DNA from a tissue sample containing millions of cells, would the fragments produced by partial digestion of DNA from all of these cells be the same or different? |
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Consider a partial restriction digestion, in which genomic DNA is exposed to a small, limiting amount ofa restriction enzyme for a very short period of time.a. Would the resultant fragments be longer or shorteror the same size as those produced by a completedigestion?b. If you prepared genomic DNA from a tissue sample containing millions of cells, would the fragments produced by partial digestion of DNA fromall of these cells be the same or different?
You are trying to clone a gene. You have successfully isolated it from the genomic DNA of an organism using
the Hindlll restriction enzyme. You then take a plasmid with a single EcoRI restriction site and cleave it with
EcoRI. You combine these two fragments and treat them with DNA ligase. Answer the two questions below.
a.(2 points Does the cloning reaction succeed as described? If so, what is the product obtained?
b.
Explain your answer above.
A linear DNA molecule is subjected to complete restriction digestion by (1) EcoRI alone, (2)
HindIII alone, and (3) both enzymes together. The DNA fragments are then separated using
gel electrophoresis. Results are shown below:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
EcoRI Hindill Both
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10 kb
9 kb
8 kb
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Chapter 9 Solutions
Genetics: From Genes to Genomes
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Ch. 9 - a. What is the purpose of molecular cloning? b....Ch. 9 - a. DNA polymerase b. RNA polymerase c. A...Ch. 9 - Is it possible that two different restriction...Ch. 9 - A plasmid vector pBS281 is cleaved by the enzyme...Ch. 9 - A recombinant DNA molecule is constructed using a...Ch. 9 - Suppose you are using a plasmid cloning vector...Ch. 9 - Prob. 17PCh. 9 - The lacZ gene from E. coli encodes the enzyme...Ch. 9 - Your undergraduate research advisor has assigned...Ch. 9 - Which of the enzymes from the following list would...Ch. 9 - You use the primer 5 GCCTCGAATCGGGTACC 3 to...Ch. 9 - a. To make a genomic library useful for sequencing...Ch. 9 - Problem 15 showed part of the sequence of the...Ch. 9 - Eukaryotic genomes are replete with repetitive...
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