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*Impact of Genomics
Impact of Genomics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which of the following is NOT true of a maternal effect gene? | It must be located on the X chromosome. |
| Which of the following statements about nurse cells are true? | They are able to express both alleles present in the female. |
| Which of the following statements regarding epigenetic inheritance is FALSE? | Epigenetic inheritance can temporarily affect an individual. |
| In dosage compensation: | -An X chromosome can be inactivated. -Gene expression can be increased from a single X chromosome. -Gene expression can be reduced from a pair of X chromosomes. |
| Which of the following statements regarding X inactivation in mammals is FALSE? | This process ensures a homogenous phenotype in heterozygotes. |
| You attempt to replicate the experiment shown in Fig 7.6, but an incompetent lab assistant inoculated the flasks in step 3 from entire plates rather than single clones. What result would you expect? | You would see both fast and slow alleles in every sample. |
| A female mouse has been identified in which the vast majority of active X chromosomes were inherited from her father. Which of the following statements may explain this? | The Xce allele inherited from her father is particularly weak. |
| A mutation in Xist which prevents binding to proteins that promote compaction would interfere with which stage of X inactivation? | Spreading |
| Monoallelic expression of a gene: | Occurs when the gene is imprinted. |
| A mouse heterozygous at the Igf-2 locus is dwarf and has 50% dwarf progeny when mated to a homozygous Igf-2m animal. Which statement about this animal is FALSE? | The Igf-2m allele in this mouse came from its mother |
| Imprinted genes: | Are only transmitted by one parent. |
| You develop an inbred strain of mice that display one of two distinct syndromes. What evidence might lead you to believe that these mice are mutant for a gene or genes affected by imprinting? | All mice of the same litter have the same syndrome. |
| A pattern of transmission where all offspring have the same phenotype as their mother is consistent with which type of non-Mendelian inheritance? | Extranuclear inheritance. |
| The gene dosage effect which affects eye color in fruit flies (see Chap 4) is most likely due to which phenomenon? | Dosage compensation. |
| Both X-linked genes and extranuclear inheritance produce different results in reciprocal crosses. How can you distinguish between them? | Extranuclear traits can be transmitted from an unaffected mother to an affected son. |
| For a trait known to be caused by a mitochondrial gene variant, there may be an occasional female that can transmit different phenotypes to her progeny on an apparently random basis. What situation might you suspect? | She displays heteroplasmy for this trait. |
| In S. cerevisiae, mutations which cause a segregational petite phenotype: | Are transmitted according to Mendelian rules. |
| Neutral petite mutations: | Are an example of extranuclear inheritance. |
| Mitochondrial mutations in humans tend to affect some tissues more than others. Which is the most likely explanation? | Some human tissues have higher energy demands than others. |
| Which piece of evidence provides the strongest support for the endosymbiosis theory? | Genes in chloroplasts and mitochondrion have a high degree of similarity to bacterial genes. |
| Plant cells are the only cells capable of photosynthesis. | False |
| In maternal effect inheritance, the phenotype of the mother determines the genotype of the offspring. | False |
| Gene products produced by nurse cells are controlled by both alleles of the female. | True |
| Any individual having only one copy of a gene is the same as any other individual having only one copy of a gene. | False |
| In Chlamydomonas, mitochondria are inherited from one parent while chloroplasts are inherited from the other. | True |