PTC lab and Gene/Allele Frequencies Test Complete Questions And 100% Verified Answer.
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Module
PTC.
Institution
PTC.
What does PTC stand for? - correct answer Phenylthiocarbamide
How was PTC discovered? - correct answer Arthur Fox accidentally blew some of the powder and some people complained of it tasting bitter
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What does PTC stand for? - correct answer Phenylthiocarbamide
How was PTC discovered? - correct answer Arthur Fox accidentally blew some
of the powder and some people complained of it tasting bitter
How many genes are involved in tasting PTC - correct answer one, TAS2R38
How many genes code for bitter taste receptors? - correct answer 30
Location and size of TAS2R38 gene - correct answer 1002 bp long on
chromosome 7 arm (q) at position 34
True or False: Is PTC found in nature? - correct answer False
What is a Haplotype - correct answer a set of single nucleotide polymorphisms
found in a gene
Haplotype for TAS2E38 - correct answer Most common: PAV and AVI allele
Least Common: PVI, AVI, AAV
What is a SNP? - correct answer single nucleotide polymorphism
must occur greater than 1% in a population
Taster v Nontaster - correct answer Taste depends on the shape of the
receptor protein and how strongly it can bind to PTC. Non taster alleles still encode full-length protein
but there is a loss of signal transduction in the cell
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