Suppose That You Have Cloned and Sequenced a Gene That

question 23

Essay

Suppose that you have cloned and sequenced a gene that controls fruit size in strawberry.However,you do not know the function of the gene.
a)Describe how you could determine if this gene is also present in Arabidopsis (which has been fully sequenced).
b)Describe how you could determine if the gene is present in day lily (which has not been fully sequenced).
c)How could you determine a putative function for this gene?

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Definitions:

Z-statistic

A type of standard score that indicates how many standard deviations an element is from the mean, used in significance testing.

Significance Level

A threshold for determining whether a p-value indicates a statistically significant result, usually set at 0.05 (5%).

Nonparametric Tests

Statistical tests that do not assume a specific distribution for the data, making them suitable for analyzing ordinal data or when the assumptions for parametric tests are not met.

Nonparametric Statistical Methods

Statistical methods that do not assume a specific distribution for the data, often used when data doesn't meet the assumptions required for parametric tests.