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Is the dominant allele the one that occurs most often?In Drosophila melanogaster, the allele n gives notched wings while the wildtype allele
Sample Genetics Problems in inheritance.A child wonders if she is adopted and hence compares her blood type to those of her parents.
Two example problems for genetics students.Mutational changes were introduced in a single codon in the gene of T4 phage.
Debate Over Genetic Food Modification.A brief overview of the debate surrounding genetic food modification,
Analyze the relationship between genetics and learning.
Explain how one media can identify both the selective and differential nature of the organism
How to analyze data from a reporter assay.How many regions that bind Egr-1 are present in each of the different length
Pro/cons concerning the development and usage of genetically modified organisms
Functional conservation of certain Hox genes.For many of the mammalian Hox genes, it has been possible to determine
Discuss why the Hardy-Weinberg laws are important in biology. Be sure to give specific examples to support your answer.
Compare and contrast mutation rate and mutation frequency. Describe the implications for organisms that have long life spans
calculate the gene frequency for the M allele and the expected genotype frequencies. Use the chi-squared test to determine that mating is random.
Phenotypic and genotypic ratios.Solve all of these problems using a Punnett Square. If you cannot reproduce the square using software
Punnett square to predict what the offspring will look like.Solve all of these problems using a Punnett Square.
Multi-generational plant breeding.Each plant was crossed with normal (leafy) pure-bred plants to generate the following phenotypic ratios:
find motives that might regulate genes.Given the complete sequence of an organisms genome, 500 Mb, find motives that might regulate genes,
Dihybrid Cross using Mendelian Genetics.A scientist studying diploid pea plants is interested in two particular traits
How would you represent the data and the problem?Describe an algorithm for solving the problem.
Hypothesis testing problems.Given that Ho = null hypothesis and Ha= alternative hypothesis then consider the following situations.
The Legalities and Ethics Surrounding Gene Testing.What are the ethical, legal, and/or social controversy surrounding gene testing?
Write a proposal for facilitating change within GeneOne.Determine two possible strategies that the remaining leadership of GeneOne
Probability of gene inheritance.In couples where each person is heterozygous for the sickle-cell gene
Calculating the chi squared value for a monohybrid cross.Gregor Mendel discovered that tall was dominant and short recessive in pea plants.
Single Substitution Polymorphism.Can this sequence be cut by a restriction enzyme?
How to read and understand a scientific journal article.In this Nature journal article about the dog genome, how do I answer the following questions?