Gloria A. Moore Page1 6/29/2022 Name_______________________________ (Initial each page) PBC5065 Advanced Genetics – Moore Section 2011 Test – 10/24/11 Show your work, or write me notes! Partial credit may be given if your answer is incorrect but I can follow your logic. Hirsuta Much and her eager assistant Igor do slightly mad but sound science in Hirsuta’s well-equipped lab in Transylvania. Igor, in one of his late-night ramblings, has captured an extremely hairy male mouse and brought it back to the lab. He thinks it would make a nice pet or a tasty snack, but Hirsuta can see that the mouse has scientific potential if its phenotype is due to a simple genetic alteration. Hirsuta has obtained grant funding from the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery, The Trichological Society, and the Luxuriant, Flowing Hair Club for Scientists to study a rare condition in humans that causes long, thick hair to grow all over their face and bodies. Although the condition is rare, Hirsuta has identified several families in which it occurs. The pedigrees of the families point to a single gene as the cause of the phenotype. Hirsuta is calling the putative gene Werewolf. Could the phenotype of the hairy mouse be due to a similar gene?
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Gloria A. Moore Page1 5/9/2023Name_______________________________ (Initial each page)
PBC5065 Advanced Genetics – Moore Section 2011 Test – 10/24/11
Show your work, or write me notes! Partial credit may be given if your answer is incorrect but I can follow your logic.
Hirsuta Much and her eager assistant Igor do slightly mad but sound science in Hirsuta’s well-equipped lab in Transylvania. Igor, in one of his late-night ramblings, has captured an extremely hairy male mouse and brought it back to the lab. He thinks it would make a nice pet or a tasty snack, but Hirsuta can see that the mouse has scientific potential if its phenotype is due to a simple genetic alteration. Hirsuta has obtained grant funding from the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery, The Trichological Society, and the Luxuriant, Flowing Hair Club for Scientists to study a rare condition in humans that causes long, thick hair to grow all over their face and bodies. Although the condition is rare, Hirsuta has identified several families in which it occurs. The pedigrees of the families point to a single gene as the cause of the phenotype. Hirsuta is calling the putative gene Werewolf. Could the phenotype of the hairy mouse be due to a similar gene?
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To determine whether this is the case, Hirsuta mates the hairy male mouse (W) to two normal female mice (N), each of whom produces 10 offspring. The results are shown in the figure below.
1) After seeing the results of the crosses, Hirsuta hypothesizes that the phenotype of the hairy dad mouse (number 12 in the figure) does appear to be due to a simple genetic alteration (let us call it WEREWOLF). Assign allele designations for WEREWOLF.
What is the genotype of the hairy dad at the WEREWOLF locus (2 pts)?
What is the genotype of both mom mice (numbers 11 and 13) (2 pts)?
Hirsuta uses 200 markers to genotype all of the mice. The results for 3 markers are shown in the figure above. 2) Which marker is dominant in nature (2 pts)?
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3) Which marker or markers appear to be linked to WEREWOLF (4 pts)?
4) Which allele for Marker A is associated with the WEREWOLF phenotype? (Tell me what allele designations you are using.) (2 pts)
Which allele for Marker B is associated with the WEREWOLF phenotype? (Tell me what allele designations you are using) (2 pts)
5) Circle the progeny mice that appear to be recombinant between WEREWOLF and any of the markers (indicate which marker). (4 pts)
With this kind of segregating progeny, it is possible to test for linkage using either Chi Square analysis or LOD score analysis.
6) Set up a Chi square analysis to test for linkage between Marker A and WEREWOLF (i.e. show the observed and expected categories and numbers for each class and the degrees of freedom for the test). (Tell me what allele designations you are using) (4 pts)
Does the Chi square value appear to be significant or nonsignificant? What does this indicate?(4 pts)
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7) Which marker appears to be most closely linked to WEREWOLF? Why? (2 pts)
Would this be a good marker from which to initiate a chromosome walk to WEREWOLF? Why or why not? (2 pts)
Hirsuta next searches for more markers that are linked to the marker you selected in the last question, reasoning that she does not need mice segregating for WEREWOLF to locate these markers, but if new markers that are linked to the already identified marker are found, at least some of them should also be linked to WEREWOLF. Therefore, she analyzes a number of mouse families segregating for alleles at the selected marker for linkage to other markers. A table of the data is shown below.
8) Which of the new markers appears to be most closely linked to your selected marker? Why? (2 pts)
Does this mean that it is more closely linked to WEREWOLF? (2 pts)
Which new marker or markers clearly do not show linkage with your selected marker? (2 pts)
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After a lot of linkage analysis, Hirsuta identified a marker, Marker X, that appeared to be very tightly linked to WEREWOLF. Using a rat/ mouse somatic hybrid chromosome panel (where mouse chromosomes are eliminated), Hirsuta was able to map Marker X to mouse chromosome 6. Hirsuta also had access to a set of radiation hybrid cell lines for mouse (made by irradiating mouse chromosomes and then fusing them with hamster chromosomes). The part of the panel that includes mouse chromosome 6 is shown on the next page. The individual hybrid lines are indicated by their names across the top of the figure and numbers 1 to 30 across the bottom of the figure. The portion of mouse chromosome 6 that each hybrid cell line harbors is shown by the line running vertically between the name and number. Individual regions of chromosome 6 based on Giemsa banding are designated at the far left of the figure by numbers.
Hirsuta extracts DNA from each of the hybrid cell lines and probes it with a probe made from Marker X. Individual hybrid lines 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10 13, 15, 17, 19 21, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, and 30 contain mouse DNA that hybridizes with Marker X. 9) In which region is Marker X and so presumably WEREWOLF, located? (4 pts)
Would the gene be on the same chromosome in the human genome? (4 pts)
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Thanks to the genetic resources available for mouse, Hirsuta is able to order large insert clones that cover the portion of chromosome 6 that appears to contain WEREWOLF.
10) (4 pts) Name two types of large insert clone that she could potentially use.
The inserts in the clones have already been put in order in the mouse genome, and some markers have been identified on each clone, so Hirsuta could do more linkage mapping to move still closer to WEREWOLF. However, since she now has a relatively small part of the genome to search, she decides to search for candidate genes in the region. After still more experiments and examination of the available databases, she identifies three transcripts in the region that she believes might have potential to be WEREWOLF.
One of the things Hirsuta does next is prepare RNA from various mouse tissues and assemble them on northern blots, that she then hybridizes with probes from each individual interesting transcript (i.e. potential gene of interest, WEREWOLF). The blots are shown below.
11) Which candidate gene is most likely to be WEREWOLF? Why? (4 pts)
Candidate gene 1 →
Candidate gene 2 →
Candidate gene 3 →
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12) What would you expect to see if you probed a zoo blot with WEREWOLF (or did a homology search at NCBI)? (4 pts)
13) The differences in gene number in the three mice are an example of what phenomenon we discussed in class? (2 pts)
14) The mutant mouse displays what cytological aberration if all of the rest of his chromosomes are normal? (2 pts)
Igor has found a second mutant mouse that has long hair (top mouse in figure) compared to his littermate (bottom mouse). Using a WEREWOLF probe and FISH technology, Igor examined the configuration of WEREWOLF in the mutant mouse and its parents. His results are shown below. The DNA represents mouse chromosome 6 and the arrows represent copies of WEREWOLF.
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15) The naked mother and daughter display what cytological aberration? (2 pts)
What has to happen, compared to the other mice in the pedigree, for the affected mice to be naked? (2 pts)
Igor loves to do cytogenetics, especially with chromosome paints (FISH) (he thinks the resulting preparations are pretty). He prepares a number of mouse cell lines for Hirsuta to use in her studies of WEREWOLF expression, and several different kinds of FISH paint probes. Match the type of paint probe Igor prepared with the experiment Hirsuta did with it (some experiments can be done using more than one individual kind of probe and in some cases it would be useful or necessary to use more than one kind of probe in a single analysis) (see next page):
In addition, Igor has located a mouse genetic stock which is segregating for mice with no hair. In the diagram below, a litter of 4 mice and their parents are shown, along with Igor’s cytological analysis. The naked mice are represented by dark symbols, chromosome 6 is represented by the DNA, WEREWOLF copies are represented by arrows, and the X indicates that the gene region is missing, not just defective.
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Probes:A. A probe composed of repetitive DNA (SINEs and LINEs)B. FISH with a whole chromosome library, where each chromosome is differently coloredC. A probe specific for all of chromosome 6D. A probe for a small region around WEREWOLFE. A probe for teleomeresF. A probe of the alphoid satellite (centromere) sequence specific to chromosome 6
16) Experiments: (1 pt each)
_______ Determining the chromosomes with which chromosome 6 most often interacts in an interphase nucleus.
_______ Studying WEREWOLF expression in a cell line trisomic for chromosome 6.
_______ Determining the location of WEREWOLF in the chromosome 6 interphase territory, using 2 probes.
_______ Studying cell lines with duplications or deletions of chromosome 6 (assuming they are large enough), or translocations involving chromosome 6, but not inversions in chromosome 6, using mitotic metaphase preparations.
_______ Confirming where on chromosome 6 WEREWOLF is located, using mitotic metaphase preparations.
________ An experiment where all of the chromosomes are colored the same color.
________ An experiment where the ends of all of the mitotic chromosomes are studied
________ Study of a cell line where there is an inversion on one homologous chromosome 6, using 2 probes
So, after much effort, Hirsuta believes that she has identified the gene for WEREWOLF. She has begun to characterize the gene in hairy and normal mice. Will alterations in the gene affect baldness? Will this lead to a “cure” for baldness and make Hirsuta and Igor hugely rich? Unfortunately, it doesn’t look likely. As Hirsuta looks at the effect of altering the sequence and/or expression of WEREWOLF in normal mice, she observes deleterious alterations in the phenotypes of characteristics other than hair production.
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17) The possible reason for this is (4 pts):
A. WEREWOLF is alternately transcribed in different tissues or at different developmentally stages, and serves different purposes in those situations.
B. Exons of WEREWOLF are shuffled to produce different proteins.C. Different regulatory agents influence WEREWOLF under different circumstances.D. WEREWOLF may moonlight.E. Any of the above may be true.
Strangely enough, Igor is working with a similar gene in the model plant Arabidopsis. Of course, plants don’t have hair, but some of them do have trichomes.
Igor has identified a mutant where the trichomes have more lobes than usual: The mutation appears to be due to a single gene. To tease Hirsuta, Igor has also called this gene Werewolf. Further, Igor used a similar strategy to positionally clone his gene, by mapping the Werewolf gene location compared to those of molecular markers scattered throughout the Arabidopsis genome. Like Hirsuta, Igor has localized his Werewolf gene to a particular part of the Arabidopsis genome using physical mapping methods. There are four candidate genes in the region. Igor clones the promoter region of each candidate gene and inserts each one individually into a genetic transformation vector plasmid in front of the GUS gene. GUS is a scorable marker. When it is being expressed, the tissue where it is being expressed stains blue. Igor then makes transgenic plants using each of his constructs and stains them for GUS. The phenotypes of the four transgenic types are shown below.
18) Circle the plant transformed with the gene promoter that is most likely to be that of Werewolf. (4 pts)
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Although Igor is proficient at many techniques in the lab, he has not had any formal training in genetics. Hirsuta is trying to teach him basic concepts. She asks him questions and rewards him with a tasty treat when he answers correctly, usually an insect (she draws the line at mice).
19) (2 pts) All of the following proteins are present in the nucleosome core except (circle letter of correct answer):
A. H1 B. H2A C. H2B D. H3 E. H4
20) Which one of the following types or classes of DNA sequences comprises the largest portion of the human genome (3 pts)?
A. Protein-encoding sequences (exons) B. Single-copy sequences that do not encode proteins C. Intron sequences D. Dispersed repetitive DNA (SINEs and LINEs) E. Sequences encoding ribosomal RNA
21) Name one type of marker you would use for mapping in mouse if there were no sequence available from the organism (3 pts).
22) True or false: (2 pts each)
______The histone proteins in nucleosomes have only a structural function.
______Highly repetitive DNA elements such as Alu sequences in humans are never found within any part of the DNA sequences of genes that code for proteins.
______Some species tolerate polyploidy well, but aneuploidy is detrimental to almost all species.
_____Expanding repeats of short DNA repetitive sequences may be a causal factor for some diseases or syndromes.
_____Telomerase function is implicated in aging, cancer, and serves other important cellular activities.
_____ There are 80,000 to 100,000 protein-coding genes in the human genome.
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