Restriction enzymes and or restriction endonucleases are involved at recognizing specific sequence of nucleotides and cutting or splicing them at appropriate regions to produce fragments that can either be sticky ends or blunt ends depending on where they cut and the nature of nucleotides involved within the fragments. They play an important role in genetic engineering, as geneticists can use them for placing into extra chromosomal information and or content of plasmids in certain bacteria, from other sources, for instance antibiotics, grow and or produce many individual colonies of bacteria, isolate them and one would have many sequences for instance that can code for an antibiotic that can be extracted and used further. Assuming the bacteria's plasmid can take in that sequence.
Answer:
The plasmid must express a gene for ampicillin resistance (the protein product of the <em>bla</em> gene codes for beta-lactamase, the protein that breaks down ampicillin). The colonies on the ampicillin plate are antibiotic resistant. This means that they have taken up the transformed plasmids expressing both the <em>bla</em> gene and the GFP gene.
Explanation:
The transformation involved the genetic modification of a plasmid to incorporate the gene encoding the green fluorescent protein (GFP) from jelly fish. GFP makes cells glow under UV light.
In genetic engineering, scientists use antibiotic resistance as markers to indicate cells that have been transformed. By incorporating an antibiotic resistance gene such as <em>bla</em> into the vector (plasmid) and then growing the cells in antibiotic media, scientists determine which colonies have taken up the plasmid. Therefore, if the cells survive, this means that they contain the plasmid with antibiotic resistance gene as well as the GFP gene.
The correct answer is B. The parents are heterozygous with polka-dot tails, so they both have Pp genotype. The combination of their genotypes (Pp x Pp) could produce 4 genotypes PP, Pp, Pp and pp. Therefore, there is 25% chance for a PP genotype, 25% for a pp genotype and 50% for a Pp genotype. The PP and Pp genotypes produce a polka-dot tail phenotype and the pp genotype produces a solid coloured tail phenotype. In conclusion, there is 75% chance for a polka-dot tail (25% for a PP + 50% for a Pp) and a 25% for a solid coloured tail phenotype (25% for a pp).
QUESTION ONE
Here are the answers:
1. The purpose of zoo described in question 1 is EDUCATIONAL: it provides knowledge about animals' lives.
2. CONSERVATION: It protects the animals from becoming extinct.
3. RESEARCH: It is a source of animal specimens for research studies.
4.ENTERTAINMENT: people go to zoos to relax and to have fun.
QUESTION 2
The statement is TRUE.
Zoo has a lot to offer in term of educating the public and that includes the topic of biodiversity. Biodiversity refers to the variety of living organisms in the world and the relationships that exist among them. Those animals have the way they relate with other organisms. Thus, the topic of biodiversity can be treated using zoo.
Answer: a) Bacteria
Example of a disease caused by bacteria –
Tuberculosis (TB) is a kind of respiratory disease caused by bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
B) Fungi
Example of a disease caused by Fungi
Athlete's foot is a fungal disease caused by Trichophyton (hopefully this helped)
