Home Assignment # 1- 06.02.11

Deadline of submission: by 4 pm of 06.09.11

Questions:

1)    Calculate the value of  c2  and  assign the type of mutation from the segregation data and chi-square value

Strain/

generation

 

  Female                                              

                                                             

Male

 

Ein+

 

   Ein-

 

       c2

 

Type of mutation

ein4

F1

 

Wild-type

 

ein4

 

  0

 

     8

 

 

F2

 

 

 

13

    36

 

 

ein5

F1

Wild-type

ein5-1

10

     0

 

 

F2

 

 

 

41

    13

 

 

F1

 

Wild-type             

ein5-2

5 

     0

 

 

F2

 

 

53

    19

 

 

ein6

F1

 

Wild-type

 

ein6

 

 9

    

      0

 

 

F2

 

 

 

374

    38

 

 

eir1

F1  

 

Wild-type

 

eir1-1

 

19

 

      0

 

 

F2

 

 

 

48 

     18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2)     Write the steps briefly in genetically characterizing a mutant

 

 

Instruction to students:

Answer the second question in your own words. Don’t copy and paste from anywhere. Submit the assignment within the deadline. Late submitting or copied assignments will not be graded.