Biology 1001A Lecture Notes - Dna Mismatch Repair, Retrotransposon, Dna Ligase

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In bacteria, proofreading has reduced error from 1 mistake for every 1,000 to 10,000 nucleotides assembled to 1 mistake for every 1 million nucleotides assembled. Insertion sequences (is): simpler; inverted repeat, central sequence, inverted repeat: transposons: is element, central sequence (possibly including host genes), is element. Dna copy is then inserted into dna at a new location (original is left in place) Implications of insertion of mobile elements into dna. Tes inserted into chromosomes become permanent and are passed on during cell division, along with the rest of the dna. Tes inserted into dna of reproductive cells may be inherited, becoming part of the genetic material of a species. Mutations can accumulate in a te, altering it into a non-mobile, residual sequence in dna (causes eukaryotes to contain large amounts of non-functional te sequence) Transposons do not exist free of the dna in which they are integrated. Hence the term jumping genes is inaccurate.

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