anatomy. The Paired Box 6 (Pax6) best exemplifies the conservation of functions through evolution. The importance of Pax6 was established by the work on Drosophila mutant lines which failed to develop eyes‚ and described as “eyeless” (ey) phenotype. It is present on chromosome 4 of Drosophila melanogaster and serves as a
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Introduction: Drosophila melanogaster commonly known as the fruit fly is considered a model organism in the field of genetics because of its short life cycle of about 10 weeks and the ability of the fly to produce a relatively large number of offspring at 50-70 eggs per day upon female maturity. The physical size of the male and female Drosophila is approximately 2.5 to 3 mm respectively Drosophila allowing for minimal storage space in a laboratory setting. The intricate nervous system of the fruit
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Introduction The purpose of this lab is to understand how each offspring inherits its genotype and how its phenotype reflects it. Sex chromosomes determine the sex of the offspring‚ and the autosomes consist of all the other chromosomes that determine phenotypic traits. Dominant traits are the genes that are expressed‚ while the recessive traits are masked by the dominant traits. We used Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly)‚ mutating the female fruit fly with a scalloped gene to change the phenotype
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The gaseous hormone ethylene has been shown to influence a diverse array of plant growth and developmental processes‚ thus it is critical for plants to optimize the ethylene production at developmental transitions as well as during stress response. Ethylene is derived from the amino acid methionine‚ which in the first step is converted to S-adenosyl-methionine (AdoMet) by AdoMet synthetase3‚4. The 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylic acid Synthase (ACS) catalyzes the conversion of AdoMet to 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic
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orientation‚ and reproductive. Orientation is when the organism is placed in their beneficial environment consisting of two behaviors‚ taxis (movement directly towards or away something) and kinesis (random movement). Reproductive is detected using drosophila in this lab‚ it consists of finding courting and mating with another of the species Agnostic behavior is found in a situation where the animal feels threated by another‚ leading to the organism looking bigger or more threatening to the opponent. Within
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Chromatography Experiment of the Drosophila Eye Pigmentation Pathway Introduction: How can the use of chromatography help explain single gene mutations of the drosophila melanogaster bio-synthetic pigment pathway? This experiment was meant to help connect the mode of inheritance with different eye color mutations and pinpoint where they occur in the pigment pathway. The drosophila eye color is a result of two bio-synthetic eye color pathways‚ this is expressed as a trait or phenotype‚ a multigene
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CHM1032L pre/post lab instructions Preparation is a key to success in this lab. For this reason‚ you are required to thoroughly read through the experiment information presented in the lab manual‚ and complete a pre-lab for each experiment you do. The prelab must be completed prior to the day of the experiment. Each Friday I will ask to see your completed prelab before I allow you to enter the lab. If you have not finished the pre-lab‚ I will not allow you to enter the lab and you will receive
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Lab report is one way we used during of after an experiment in a laboratory to subtly record and discuss the experiment. During a lab‚ we sometimes can observe only the physical part of the experiment‚ or may be some visible chemical changes. These changes indicate that the experiment we do is successful or not. However‚ in order to understand and achieve more from just simply doing the experiment‚ we write lab report to more profoundly understand the internal meanings of the experiment we do‚ and
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Chem 105 Guide to the Formal Laboratory Report The purpose of a formal report is to communicate effectively to another person the goal‚ procedure‚ data analysis method‚ and results of your laboratory work. The report is divided into several well-defined sections. Each section must be present in a complete report. To earn an outcome point for the laboratory report‚ a student must submit a formal lab report that earns a score of at least 90/100. Each error (factual‚ grammatical‚ typographical
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Criteria 6 8 10 Title Your lab report has a Title that is directly related to the lab experiment/ exercise. Your group or class must be able to come up with your own title You must make your own title based on scientific theory Aim You have clearly stated your aim Your aim is relevant and informative You must make your own aim based on scientific theory Background background information relevant to the lab experiment/ exercise You must be able to link your aim to the background The
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