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#Question id: 14159


Which of the following statement is not a benefit of FASTA over BLAST?

#Section 7: Recombinant DNA technology and Other Tools in Biotechnology
  1. FASTA scans smaller window sizes.
  2. FASTA gives more sensitive results than BLAST
  3. FASTA is usually slower than BLAST
  4. FASTA identifies identical matching words using the hashing procedure while BLAST uses a substitution matrix to find matching words.
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#Question id: 4756

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

In summer squash, white colour fruit (W) is dominant over yellow colour (w) and disc-shaped phenotype (D) is dominant over sphere-shaped phenotype (d). Determine the genotype of the parents gives 3/8 white, sphere, 3/8 white, Disk, 1/8 Yellow, Disk and 1/8 Yellow, Sphere?

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#Question id: 4757

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

The newborn baby of a mother having blood group O, Rh+ and father having blood group AB, Rh-, got mixed with other babies in the hospital. The baby with which of the following blood groups is not confirmable to be of the said couple?

(i) AB, Rh+                                                    (ii) O, Rh+

(iii) A, Rh+                                         (iv)  B, Rh+

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#Question id: 4758

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

The allele l in human population is recessive lethal and x chromosome linked. If a female is heterozygous for l allele marries with normal male. What will be interpretation correct?

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#Question id: 4799

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

You set up a mapping cross involving your favorite gene (YFG) in Neurospora and determine the following octad types: 4:4 arrangement 83; 2:4:2 arrangement 7; 2:2:2:2 arrangement 10. What is the distance between your gene and the centromere?

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#Question id: 4800

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

You set up a mapping cross involving two genes of interest in Saccharomyces and determine the following tetrad types: 8 nonparentalditype; 12 tetratype; 80 parental ditype. Calculate the most accurate map distance between these two genes.

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#Question id: 4801

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

You set up a mapping cross involving two genes in Aspergillus and determine the following percentages of tetrad types: parental ditype 51%, nonparentalditype 49%. What can you say about your genes?