Exam 5 Flashcards
Proteomics
- Study of the proteome (complete set of proteins found in a given cell)
- Protein microarrays can be used to analyze protein-protein interactions
Limitations of PCR
- The sequence of gene of interest needs to be known to synthesize primer (needs to be complementary enough)
- Potential DNA contamination:
- wrong DNA will be amplified - Accuracy of DNA polymerase:
- the entire transcription complex isn’t available, just polymerase is present, no proof-reading - Amplification size
- limited on how large can be synthesized
Testing for HWE
- After one generation of random mating, the genotype frequencies for two alleles can be calculated as:
p^2 + 2pq + q^2 = 1 - Proportion of AA in population= p^2
- Proportion of aa in population= q^2
- Proportion of Aa in population= 2pq
- They result mostly from random mating
if in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium -> allelic freq. determine genotypic freq.
Migration and its affects on allelic frequencies
- influx of genes from other populations (gene flow)
- Prevents genetic divergence between populations and increase variation within population
- As Migration increases -> change in allelic freq increases
- If allelic frequencies similar, migration has less effect on allelic frequency change
- Also depends on how much migration takes place
- Populations WANT variation, adds genetic variation to pops
- Through time, migration will cause frequencies of two populations to become similar
Calculations to deterimine # of genes/phenotypes
- Self-cross F1 and get F2
2. ¼ homozygous additive, half are heterozygous, ¼ are homozygous non-additive
Narrow-Sense Heritability
- determines degree of resemblance of parents and offspring
- use for quantitative traits
- used to determine the proportion of phenotypic variance due to additive genetic variance (additive effects of genes on phenotype!)
- h2 = VA/VP
- High value = offspring resemble parents
Heritability
- The proportion of total phenotypic variation in a specific population that is due to genetic factors
- NOT FIXED FOR A TRAIT (varies)
- applies to a specific POPULATION at any given time
- can NOT be applied to other populations
Genotypic frequency is determined by allelic frequency
They are directly related in..
- Hardy-weinberg
Biotechnology
- any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use
Types of genomics (4):
- Proteomics
- Structural genomics
- Comparative genomics
- Functional genomics
short term effect of mutation, migration, genetic drift, and natural selection
- change in allelic frequency
Mass spectrometry
- Method for precisely determining molecular mass of a molecule
- Mass-to-charge ratio (m/z)
- Identify proteins and post-translational modifications, or characterize multi-protein complexes
Hardy-Weinberg Law
- Mathematical model that evaluates the effect of reproduction on genotypic and allelic frequencies in a population
- The sum of the allele frequencies must equal 1
- THE PURPOSE OF HWL is to consider the impact of reproduction on the gene pool - once we know this, we can look at migration and natural selection
Phenotypic Correlation
- could be caused by genetic or environmental correlations
What increases genetic variation between populations?
- Mutation
2. Genetic drift
Genetic drift
- deviation from expected allelic frequency due to chance
- a form of sampling error
- Has a bigger impact in smaller populations (tends to even out in large ones)
- Changing the ratio of sexes lowers effective pop. (Remember, 1/2 of genes come from each sex)
- When one sex is under-represented, genetic drift increases
- Alleles can be permanently lost if frequency fluctuates to zero
- Alternative allele is said to be fixed
1. Population suffers severe size reduction - aka BOTTLENECK
2. Founder Effect - when a small number of individuals start a population, gene pool is limited
3. A population may be reduced in size for a period of time b/c of limited resource (space, for example)
fitness (W)
- relative reproductive success of a genotype (relative to the reproductive success of another genotype!)
- values from 0 to 1
- Part of natural selection
Library screening steps
- used to isolate only the clones that contain your gene of interest
1. Colonies of library lysed, and DNA denatured
2. Non-/radioactive probe combined w/ colony solution on membrane; probe hybridizes w/ denatured DNA
3. Membrane rinsed for excess probe
4. X-ray film detects hybridized probe (gene of interest)
5. Cell transferred to medium for growth/analysis
Quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR)
- measures gene expression levels
- checks how much DNA amplification we get in real time
- The approach to determine amount of PCR product made during experiment
Quantitative Trait Locus (QTL)
- represent traits controlled by more than one gene that can be quantified
- Identifying QTLs using markers
- Compare the inheritance of some marker gene with a QTL (or a polygenic trait)
- These genes control polygenic traits
- QTL typically linked to or contains the genes that control that phenotype
- Can find where all the largest tomatoes have the same alleles for these markers
- Able to identify some QTLs in tomatoes and find which had additive alleles for these genes and which ones didn’t
- Tiny change between two bottom tomatoes (B) caused by just one particular gene
Positive assortative mating (PAM)
- like individuals mate
- Similar genotypes are more likely to mate than dissimilar ones
ex: tall humans mate with tall humans
Standard deviation (s)
- Also measures spread (like variance) but defines it within standard variables
- The square root of variance
Note: the mean plus or minus one standard deviation - includes ~ 66% of measurements in normal distribution - plus or minus 2 = 95.5%
- plus or minus 3 = 99.74%
Multifactorial/complex traits have phenotypic ranges of diff genotypes that…?
- Can overlap
Gene silencing
- using RNA interference: allows the gene to be turned off temporarily
Requirements
1.Must be recognized by Dicer
2. Complementary ONLY to target sequence - Delivery - Digestion (C. elegans), injection directly into cells
- Gene Trial for macular degeneration