Lecture 20

Question 1

What is the relationship between genotype and phenotype?

Answer 1

The phenotype is controlled by the internal chemistry of the cell, this is controlled by the enzymes present in the cell, this depends on the enzyme structure which depends on the amino acid sequence which depends on the genotype

Question 2

What were the assumptions of the bead theory and which ones were correct?

Answer 2

Crossing over occurs between genes
No smaller unit can change
Parts of a gene cannot function (this is the only correct assumption)