Linkage and Mapping
Name that mutation
Chromosomal mutations
pot pourri
Repair
100

To determine the recombination frequency between 2 genes, you must perform this cross

AaBb X aabb

100

C to T

transition

100

A trisomy of chromosome 22 would be an example of this type of chromosomal abnormality

Aneuploidy

100

If a diploid individual has a recessive mutation on one chromosome and a deletion of the same region on the homologous chromosome, the recessive mutation will show this

psuedodominance

100

This type of repair is activated by chemically-altered bases

Base excision repair

200

You conduct a 3-point testcross between 3 linked genes to create a map.  You get the following results: Which gene is in the middle?

5abC

200 ABC

52AbC

48aBC

211 abc

54aBc

4ABc

47 Abc

C

200

Huntington's disease, ALS, and Fragile X can all be caused by this type of mutation

repeat expansion

200

Crossing-over between 2 homologous chromosomes that are misaligned can cause these mutations

dels/dups

200

A spontaneous replication error can be caused by this movement of a H ion to another electronegative atom in the same base, creating new base pairing possibilities

tautomeric shift

200

uv radiation damage activates this type of repair pathway

Nucleotide excision repair

300

This is a measure of what proportion of expected double cross-over events are actually observed in a test cross

Interference

300

A base substitution that changes an amino acid to a stop codon in the resulting sequence

nonsense

300

Down syndrome can be cause by trisomy, or by this type of chromosomal rearrangement

translocation

300

A mutation in a second gene that restores a wildtype phenotype to an organism with a phenotypic mutation in another gene

intergenic suppressor

300

A C matched with an A in DNA would activate this repair pathway

Mismatch repair

400

If 2 traits assort non-randomly, they are said to be in this

linkage disequilibrium

400

A mutation that returns a mutated base back to wildtype sequence

reverse

400

While common in plants, this chromosomal abnormality can occur in certain cells of humans, including cardiac cells after damage

polyploidy

400

You cross a green fat (AaBb) fly with a orange skinny (aabb) fly.  You get the following results:  Were the genes in your Green fat fly in coupling or repulsion?

17 Green fat

210 Green skinny

187 orange fat

25 orange skinny

Repulsion

400

DNA Glycosylases are important for this type of DNA repair

Base excision

500

This type of score is a determination of whether 2 genes are linked given experimental observations of assortment

LOD/logarithm of odds

500

Removal of an NH2 group from a base, creating a different base, for example, C to U

Deamination

500

These elements carry repeat sequences around the genome, and are a major driver of chromosome structure rearrangements

transposons

500

You cross an green, knobby AaBb cucumber with a yellow, smooth aabb cucumber.  The 2 genes are linked, with a recombination frequency of 25%.  How many green smooth cucumbers would you expect in 120 offspring?

120 X .25 /2 = 15

500

When a double stranded break occurs in DNA, the homologous chromosome can be used to guide sequence repair in this type of DNA repair

Homology Driven