Plug Polymorphism Flashcards
1
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Authors
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Palopoli and students
2
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Hypothesis
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“The plugging polymorphism results from the insertion of a retrotransposon into an exon of a novel mucin-like gene, plg-1, whose product is a major structural component of the copulatory plug.”
3
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pleiotropy
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A mutation that has multiple effects
4
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transgene
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copy of a gene that is inserted into the genome of an organism.
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retrotransposon
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a “selfish” DNA that jumps around in a genome making copies of itself.
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UTR
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untranslated region
