Lecture 13 - Mutant Screening

Question 1

what is a biochemical pathway?

Answer 1

a series of transformations amongst molecules with in a cell which leads to a desired product being formed or a particular change inside the cell

Question 2

biological pathways are responsible for…

Answer 2

1. assembly of new molecules
2. turning genes on or off
3. to spur a cell to move

Question 3

cell receive chemical ques from both inside and outside of the cell prompted by…

Answer 3

nutrient intake, stress, injury, infection, environmental changes, etc

Question 4

polygenic trait

Answer 4

characteristic that is determined by the interaction of multiple genes, as opposed to a single gene. Polygenic traits are typically influenced by a combination of genetic and environmental factors, and their expression often follows a continuous distribution, with a range of possible values.

Question 5

what does the complementation test tell us?

Answer 5

if 2 mutants have the same phenotype and if their mutations are in the same gene or different

Question 6

allelic mutations

Answer 6

occur when the mutant phenotype is due to a loss of function in the same gene

Question 7

non-allelic mutations

Answer 7

occur when mutations in different genes result in the same phenotype