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Where are nucleosome-free regions typically found in a eukaryotic genome?

The Avy allele of the Agouti gene involves the insertion of a transposable element upstream from the normal Agouti promoter. The transposable element carries a promoter that causes the over expression of the Agouti gene. Mice carrying this allele tend to have coat colors that are more yellow than mice that don’t have this transposable element. If pregnant female mice are fed a diet that contains chemicals that increase DNA methylation, how would you expect that this diet would affect the coat color of offspring carrying the Avy allele?

Which of the following is not a reason why histones are removed (evicted) so that eukaryotic genes can be transcribed?

A gene that encodes a tRNA changes the anticodon from 3′-CAG-5′ to 3′-GAG-5′. This mutation does not alter which amino acid that is attached to the mutant tRNA. What effect would this mutation have on translation?

What is meant by the term “consensus sequence”?

Which of the following is not an event that ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling complexes may cause to happen?

Regulatory transcription factors would not be controlled by which of the following?

Which curve (A or B) is better suited for disturbance rejection? 

When tryptophan binds to trp repressor, this causes trp repressor to __________ to the trp operator and ________ transcription.

An example of an epigenetic change that is caused by environmental factors is