Question:
A scientist is deletion mapping a gene that encodes hair
Last updated: 10/3/2023
A scientist is deletion mapping a gene that encodes hair growth in mice The recessive allele leads to hairless mice and is found somewhere on the X chromosome pictured below He crosses a homozygous hairless mouse to four other mice bearing X chromosome deficiencies shown below and obtained the results shown in the table At which locus is the gene encoding hair growth Locus C Locus A Locus D Locus E Locus B X chromosome Deficiency chromosome 1 Deficiency chromosome 2 Deficiency chromosome 3 Deficiency chromosome 4 1 23 4 Locus Deficiency chromosome Locus B Locus Locus C D Phenotype of offspring Wild type Wild type Hairless Wild type Locus E