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Title: Suppose that a homeotic gene fromDrosophilais introduced into anArabidopsisembryo that has a ...
Post by: ibkajayi4 on Jan 4, 2022
Suppose that a homeotic gene from Drosophila is introduced into an Arabidopsis embryo that has a pre-existing mutation in one of its homeotic flower genes. What effect would you expect and why?

▸ rescue (or negating) of the phenotype of the mutant because the fly Hox gene supplies the missing protein

▸ correction of the sequence in the mutant by recombination with the Drosophila gene sequence

▸ expression of the Drosophila homeotic gene correcting the mRNA of the mutant plant

▸ a mixture of roughly equal numbers of Drosophila and plant gene product, producing an intermediate phenotype

▸ no effect, because Hox genes are different from MADS box genes


Title: Suppose that a homeotic gene fromDrosophilais introduced into anArabidopsisembryo that has a ...
Post by: bioc on Jan 4, 2022
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