Professional Documents
Culture Documents
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Human Karyotype
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Genetic Variation
Mutations
Thomas Morgan Drosophila, red vs. white eyes
Genetic Variation
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Linkage Maps
Alleles of genes located near each other on the same chromosome are more likely to be inherited as a single group
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Genetic code
Order of nucleotides specifies amino acids
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Mutation changes GAG codon to GUG, glutamic acid replaced by valine in beta chain
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Genomics
Field made possible by development of recombinant DNA technology
Restriction endonucleases Cloning vectors DNA sequencing techniques
Cloning Protocol
Cut cloning vector and target DNA sample with restriction endonuclease Create recombinant DNA molecule using DNA ligase Transform into bacterial host
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Haemophilus influenzae
First free-living organism to have its entire genome sequenced (under 2 Mbp)
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Plants, Animals
Food supply Bioreactors Animal cloning
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Cloning Mammals
Initially by embryo splitting Dolly the sheep, 1996
Nuclear transfer method
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New treatments
Gene therapy
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Microarrays
Allow for the analysis of thousands of genes at a time
Mutations Gene expression levels
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Examples
E. coli, S. cerevisiae, C. elegans, Arabidopsis thaliana, Drosophila melanogaster, Danio rerio, M. musculus
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