Answer: The correct answer for the fill in the blank is- Law of independent assortment.
According to the Mendel's law of independent assortment, the allele ( alternative form of a gene that corresponds to a trait) pairs of different genes segregate independent of each other during the process of gamete formation. This means that different traits are transmitted independently from parents to their offspring.
Thus, Law of independent assortment is the right answer.
B. mitochondria and nucleus
Answer:
Punctuated equilibrium
Explanation:
The idea of "punctuated equilibrium" suggests that species will show little to no evolutionary change throughout their history. When evolution does occur, according to this idea, it happens sporadically and relatively quickly compared to the species' full duration on Earth.
Answer:
Map distance = Genetic distance, GD = 3.9 MU ≅ 4 MU
Explanation:
The more separated two genes are, the more chances of recombination there will be. The closer they are, the fewer chances of recombination there will be. Two genes that are very close will have a few recombination events and are strongly bounded.
To analyze the recombination frequency, we have to know that:
- 1% of recombination = 1 map unit = 1centi Morgan = 1,000,000 base pairs.
- And that the maximum recombination frequency is always 50%.
The map unit is the distance between the pair of genes for which every 100 meiotic products one of them results in a recombinant one.
Knowing that the genes are linked, we can calculate genetic distances between them. First, we need to identify the genotypes of the parental gametes with the ones of the recombinants. We can recognize the parental gametes in the descendants because their phenotypes are the most frequent, while the recombinants are the less frequent. So:
Parentals:
- black, curved 337
- yellow, straight 364
Recombinants:
- Black, straight 17
- yellow, curved 12
To calculate the recombination frequency we will make use of the next formula: P = Recombinant number / Total of individuals.
P = Recombinant number / Total of individuals.
P = 17 + 12 / 337 + 364 + 17 + 12
P = 29 / 730
P = 0.039
The genetic distance (GD) will result from multiplying that recombination frequency (P) by 100 and expressing it in map units (MU).
GD = P x 100
GD = 0.039 x 100
GD = 3.9 MU ≅ 4 MU
Attached is an example of a mRNA wheel.
The codon UAA codes a stop codon. The mRNA wheel is read by starting to choose from the four letters at the centre the one that is the first in the codon. Then, on that quarter of the circle, choose from the four letters, the second in the codon. Repeat again the process for the 1/16 part you chose previously choosing now the last letter in the codon. You are now able to identify what is coded by the mRNA codon.
