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Question: Would you expect to be able to isolate amber mutations (mutationfor which an amber suppressor strain would be a permissable host) in the ori sequence of a phage? Explain pleaseAlso…What is in an Ori? I dont think I quite understand if you can have trans acting regulation in an ori […]

An athlete travels to the Colorado Rockies to train for an upcoming marathon. He runs 15 miles every other day and while breathing O2 deficient air. His blood O2 levels become lowered as a result. His kidney cells sense the reduction in O2 and secrete a hormone, erythropoietin into the […]

Q. 1. Alleles might be explained as: a. similar forms of two different loci b. alike forms of two different genes c. Alternative forms of a single gene d. Alternative forms of two different loci 2. A mutation which produces a change from wild type to an abnormal phenotype is […]

Question: The OMIM description on “Genetic Mapping of Alkaptonuria” can be interpreted to say: The alkaptonuria gene was genetically mapped to 3q2 at 16cM away from the sucrase-isomaltast deficiency gene in inbred families with some members manifesting both conditions. Statistically the alkaptonuria causing mutant gene and the sucrase-isomaltase deficiency-causing mutant gene […]