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Try-Sachs is a disease characterized by progressive neurologic degeneration, and is caused by a recessive mutation. In a certain population, the rate of Try-Sachs is 1 in 4000 births. What is the chance of being a carrier in the population?
Name three common features of plasmid vectors and what can be accomplished by each. Indicate the features that are absolutely required and why (one clear sentence about why).
Q1)
Given that:
Rate of Tay Sachs = 1 in 4000 births.
Since Tay-Sachs disease is an autosomal recessive disease, the
disease is only present in homozygous recessive individuals.
Therefore, the frequency of the homozygous recessive phenotype = q2
= 1/4000 = 0.00025
Therefore, q = =
Thus, p = 1 - q = 1 - 0.0158 = 0.9842
The frequency of carriers can be calculated by Freq(carrier) = 2pq = 2 * 0.9842 * 0.0158 = 0.0311
Thus, the probability of being a carrier for Tay Sachs in this populaiton is 0.0311.
Q2)
Three features that are common for all plasmid vectors are: