BSC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Archibald Garrod, Frameshift Mutation, Tata Box
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Archibald garrod noted that certain disease among his patients seems to be more prevalent in particular families. Found that some disease were the product of recessive alleles. George beadle & edward tatum provided definitive evidence of garrod"s findings. Deliberately created mutations in chromosomes & verified that they behave in a mendelian fashion in crosses. Nutritional mutations: a mutation affecting a synthetic pathway for a vital compound, such as an amino acid or vitamin. Microorganisms with a nutritional mutation must be grown on medium that supplies the missing nutrient. One-gene/one-polypeptide hypothesis: states that the molecular relationship between genotype & phenotype. Central dogma of molecular biology: is an explanation of the flow of genetic information within a biological system. Information passes in one direction from the gene (dna) to an rna copy (transcription) Rna copy directs the sequential assembly of a chain of amino acids into a protein (translation)