Molecular Genetics of Prokaryotes Problem Set
Problem 6: Different alleles for a bacterial genes
How many lac Z genes were present in the cells described in problem 5 that were able to grow on minimal media?
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Only 1, the lac Z allele on the bacterial chromosome.
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B.
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Only 1, the lac Z allele on the bacterial chromosome.
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C.
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Two, the lac Z allele on the bacterial chromosome and the
lac Z allele on the bacterial chromosome.
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D.
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Two, the lac Z allele on the bacterial chromosome and the
lac Z allele on the F' episome.
E. coli cells with an F' episome may have more than one allele of a particular gene. In this case the lac Z allele of the F' episome is dominant to the lac Z allele of the bacterial chromosome. When cells are partially diploid for one or a few genes, dominance among the various alleles can be experimentally studied.
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E.
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Only 1, the lac Z allele on the F' episome.
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