Richard Meagher and coworkers have cloned a family of 10 genes that encode actins (a major component
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Richard Meagher and coworkers have cloned a family of 10 genes that encode actins (a major component of the cytoskeleton) in Arabidopsis thaliana. The 10 actin gene products are similar, often differing by just a few amino acids. Thus, the coding sequences of the 10 genes are also very similar, so that the coding region of one gene will cross-hybridize with the coding regions of the other nine genes. In contrast, the noncoding regions of the 10 genes are quite divergent. Meagher has hypothesized that the 10 actin genes exhibit quite different temporal and spatial patterns of expression. You have been hired by Meagher to test this hypothesis. Design experiments that will allow you to determine the temporal and spatial pattern of expression of each of the 10 actin genes in Arabidopsis.
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Principles of Genetics
ISBN: 978-1119142287
7th edition
Authors: D. Peter Snustad, Michael J. Simmons