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Lecture 25: investigating the function of individual genes Flashcards

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around 4500 human genes have…

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unknown functions

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by studying natural mutations we can…

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work out what the gene might do

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how do we use genetic techniques to find out what a gene does?

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study organisms that are naturally mutant for that gene (rare!)

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transgenesis - engineering a multicellular organism by…

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adding in “foreign” DNA

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because DNA code is universal it means…

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any DNA can be used by any organism, even synthetic DNA

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