Chapter 22: Applications and Ethics of Biotechnology
If four different VNTR alleles have frequencies of 1 in 10, 1 in 20, 1 in 50, and 1 in 500 in a population of 250 million, how many people would have all four alleles?
1
5
50
500
5000
(10 x 20 x 50 x 500) = 1 in 5,000,000; 250,000,000/5,000,000 = 50.
A DNA microarray can be constructed from many
ASOs.
FISHs.
RFLPs.
STRs.
VNTRs.
Hint
The Δ508 deletion is a mutation that causes
leukemia.
cystic fibrosis.
sickle-cell anemia.
diabetes.
Alzheimer disease.
Hint