Propose a reason to explain why highly repetitive regions of the genome are particularly susceptible to expansions and contractions in number
What will be an ideal response?
Highly repetitive regions of the genome are particularly susceptible to unequal genetic exchange during homologous recombination.
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The mutation that resulted in the lighter skin
color of people of European descent occurred between ____ and ____ years ago.
a. 100...600 b. 1000...6000 c. 6000...10,000 d. 100, 000...600,000 e. 600,00... 1,000,000
n example of a signaling molecule that binds with a receptor on the cell surface is:
a. insulin. b. ecdysone. c. Vitamin D. d. Vitamin A. e. nitric oxide.
The plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) is involved in the regulation of photorespiration. Based on this information, ABA likely plays a role in
A. cyclic photophosphorylation. B. the opening and closing of stomata. C. noncyclic photophosphorylation. D. the photoelectric effect.
Would a denatured antigen be expected to have the same epitopes as its native (non-denatured) counterpart? Why?
A. Yes-epitopes are just a sequence of amino acids in a row, so they do not change regardless of 3D shape of the protein molecule they lie within. B. No-ALL epitopes are dependent on being in the proper original 3D conformation in the protein they arise within. Denaturing them would destroy them by destroying that conformation. C. Yes AND No-SOME epitopes are dependent on 3D conformation (conformational epitopes), while some simply depend on the sequence of amino acids (linear epitopes). So, really, it depends on the particular epitope.