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Genome Projects and Gene Technologies PPQ Workbook
Q1.(a) Scientists can use protein structure to investigate the evolutionary relationships between different
species. Explain why.
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(c) Draw three different structures that could be formed by incubating cut plasmids and
lengths of foreign DNA with ligase. Use the spaces provided on the diagram.
(d) Starting with a single molecule of DNA, the polymerase chain reaction was allowed to go
through three complete cycles. How many molecules of DNA would be produced?
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Q4. One way to detect and measure accurately the amount of RNA in a tissue sample is by
RT-PCR (reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction).
RT-PCR uses a reaction mixture containing:
• the sample for testing
• reverse transcriptase
• DNA nucleotides
• primers
• DNA polymerase
• fluorescent dye.
The principle behind this method is shown in Figure 1.
(a) Explain the role of reverse transcriptase in RT-PCR.
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(b) Explain the role of DNA polymerase in RT-PCR.
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(c) Any DNA in the sample is hydrolysed Page 3by enzymes before the sample is added to
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