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Solutions For An Introduction to Genetic Analysis Chapter 9 Problem 21P

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a) The proportion and identity of amino acids that will be incorporated into proteins when the mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid) containing the bases in the given ratio (1 U:5 C) as follows: The proportion of U is 1/6 and for C is 5/6.

Codon

Amino acid

Probability

Sum

UUU

Phenylalanine

(1/6) (1/6) (1/6) = 0.005

Phe = 0.028

UUC

Phenylalanine

(1/6) (1/6) (5/6) = 0.023

CCC

Proline

(5/6) (5/6) (5/6) = 0.578

Pro = 0.694

CCU

Proline

(5/6) (5/6) (1/6) = 0.116

UCC

Serine

(1/6) (5/6) (5/6) = 0.116

Ser = 0.139

UCU

Serine

(1/6) (5/6) (1/6) = 0.023

CUC

Leucine

(5/6) (1/6) (5/6) = 0.116

Leu = 0.139

CUU

Leucine

(5/6) (1/6) (1/6) = 0.023

1 Phe : 25 Pro: 5 Ser : 5 Leu

b) The proportion and identity of amino acids that will be incorporated into proteins when the mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid) containing the bases in the given ratio (1 A:1 C:4 U’s) as follows:

With the same procedure as above, the concluding answer is 4 stop: 80 Phe: 40 Leu: 24 Ile : 24 Ser : 20 Tyr : 6 pro : 6 Thr : 5 Asn : 5 His : 1 Lys : 1 Gln.

c) The proportion and identity of amino acids that will be incorporated into proteins when the mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid) containing the bases in the given ratio (1 A:1 C:1 G:1 U)) as follows: As seen in the code table all amino acids are found in the proportions.

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