Plant Genomes And Genomics

Question 1

Polyploidy

Answer 1

Duplication of genome

Useful in plants eg strawberries and grapes larger size

Also triploids sterile eg. Banana and seedless watermelon easier to eat and digest

Question 2

Short reads

Answer 2

Illumina

Less error and cheaper

But lots of fragments to put back together

Question 3

Long reads

Answer 3

Nanopore and Paibio

Less or no fragments so easier to assemble

Question 4

Amphiploidy

Answer 4

Acts as diploids

So that pairing and recombination can occur

Question 5

Paleoploidy

Answer 5

Genomic doubling at some point but acting as diploids

Question 6

RNA polymerases

Answer 6

1&3 structural rnas

2 mRNAs

4 and 5 plant specific involved in chromatin regulation

Question 7

Cis regulatory elements

Answer 7

Identified by ATAC-sew

Question 8

Methylation

Answer 8

Methyl added to 5’ of cytosine

Associated with gene transcriptional repression especially if methylation occurs in promoter of gene.