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#Question id: 1873


Mutations in the gene encoding which of the following most commonly results in severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)?

#Section 2: General Biology
  1. Adenosine deaminase (ADA)

  2. IL-7 receptor α chain

  3. Gamma C interleukin receptor component of the interleukin-15 receptor

  4. RAG-2 (recombination activating gene-2)

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#Question id: 13106

#Section 7: Recombinant DNA technology and Other Tools in Biotechnology

With the help of DNA fingerprinting which can be used to determine paternity. There are three babies (Baby A, Baby B and Baby C) in a maternity ward, and three sets of confused and worried parents. (Father and Mother #1 are a couple, as are Father and Mother #2, and Father and Mother #3.) 
You do each PCR reaction on chromosome 15 and load each one into a separate well of an agarose gel, and then run the gel.

 
 
Why is it that some people only have one band?

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#Question id: 13107

#Section 7: Recombinant DNA technology and Other Tools in Biotechnology

With the help of DNA fingerprinting which can be used to determine paternity. There are three babies (Baby A, Baby B and Baby C) in a maternity ward, and three sets of confused and worried parents. (Father and Mother #1 are a couple, as are Father and Mother #2, and Father and Mother #3.) 
You do each PCR reaction on chromosome 15 and load each one into a separate well of an agarose gel, and then run the gel.
 

 
Why is it that some people show two bands?

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#Question id: 13108

#Section 7: Recombinant DNA technology and Other Tools in Biotechnology

With the help of DNA fingerprinting which can be used to determine paternity. There are three babies (Baby A, Baby B and Baby C) in a maternity ward, and three sets of confused and worried parents. (Father and Mother #1 are a couple, as are Father and Mother #2, and Father and Mother #3.) 
You do each PCR reaction on chromosome 15 and load each one into a separate well of an agarose gel, and then run the gel.

 
 Why is it that some people show three bands?

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#Question id: 13109

#Section 7: Recombinant DNA technology and Other Tools in Biotechnology

With the help of DNA fingerprinting which can be used to determine paternity. There are three babies (Baby A, Baby B and Baby C) in a maternity ward, and three sets of confused and worried parents. (Father and Mother #1 are a couple, as are Father and Mother #2, and Father and Mother #3.) 
You do each PCR reaction on chromosome 15 and load each one into a separate well of an agarose gel, and then run the gel.
 

 which number of repeats did Baby C inherit from his mother?

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#Question id: 13110

#Section 7: Recombinant DNA technology and Other Tools in Biotechnology

With the help of DNA fingerprinting which can be used to determine paternity. There are three babies (Baby A, Baby B and Baby C) in a maternity ward, and three sets of confused and worried parents. (Father and Mother #1 are a couple, as are Father and Mother #2, and Father and Mother #3.) 
You do each PCR reaction on chromosome 15 and load each one into a separate well of an agarose gel, and then run the gel.
 

 
Match the babies up with their actual parents.
 
BABYPARENTS
I. Baby Aa) Father and Mother #1
II. Baby Bb) Father and Mother #2
III. Baby Cc) Father and Mother #3

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#Question id: 13115

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Match the correct one -