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#Question id: 5004


Pax-6 usually causes the production of a type of light-receptor pigments. In vertebrate eyes, though, a different gene (the rh gene family) is responsible for the light-receptor pigments of the retina. The rh gene, like Pax-6, is ancient. In the marine ragworm, for example, the rh gene causes production of c-opsin, which helps regulate the wormʹs biological clock. Which of these most likely accounts for vertebrate vision?

#Unit 9. Evolution & Diversity of Life Forms
  1. The Pax-6 gene mutated to become the rh gene among early mammals.

  2. During vertebrate evolution, the rh gene for biological clock opsin was co-opted as a gene for visual receptor pigments.

  3. In animals more ancient than ragworms, the rh gene(s) coded for visual receptor pigments; in lineages more recent than ragworms, rh has flip-flopped several times between producing biological clock opsins and visual receptor pigments.

  4. Pax-6 was lost from the mammalian genome, and replaced by the rh gene much later.

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#Question id: 13002

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Where in a eukaryotic cell do you think you would find each of the following proteins residing when it is actively performing its function. Be as specific as you can in terms of subcellular location.
Match the following with the correct subcellular location;
Column 1Column 2
I) Polymerasesa) In the cytoplasm
II) Ribosomal proteinsb) Inside the plasma membrane.
III) DNA ligasec) In the mitochondrial matrix
IV) protein that allows ions to pass in and out of the celld) In the nucleus of cells
V) Activator proteine) Inside the nuclear membrane
VI) an enzyme in the Krebs/TCA cycle
VII) a protein that forms a channel through which mRNAs can be exported into the cytoplasm

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#Question id: 19709

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Following are statements related to the telomere related to the stability chromosome
a) protecting the ends of chromosomes from degradation 
b) preventing chromosomal end fusion
c) protect genome from nucleolytic degradation
d) provide a mechanism for their replication by semiconservative length maintenance 
choose the correct statement 

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#Question id: 19710

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Telomeric sequences can be written in the general form 

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#Question id: 19711

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Telomere are marker for the healthy cell, if the cell shows indefinite replication (embryonic or stem cell) the size of telomere lies between the range of  

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#Question id: 19712

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Size of telomeric sequences are marker for the cell division and healthy cell,  Below some of the stages and sizes of telomere are given below

i. 3 – 20 kb (TTAGGG)n

a. cancerous cell

ii. less than 3 kb (TTAGGG)n

b. apoptotic cell death

iii. Ends with no (TTAGGG)n

c. limited replication

iv. Up to 55 kb of (TTAGGG)n

d. indefinite replication

Match them correctly

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#Question id: 19713

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Which of the followings is the incorrect statement regarding telomeric sequences