PSYCH261 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5.3 and 5.4: Gene Knockout, Semipermeable Membrane, Extracellular Fluid
12 Oct 2018
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Psych 261 textbook chapter 5. 3 and 5. 4 reading summary. Page 155 159 and page 160 162. Microdialysis: a procedure for analyzing chemicals present in the interstitial fluid through a small piece of tubing made of a semipermeable membrane that is implanted in the brain. Genome: the complete set of genes that compose the dna of a particular species. Allele: the nature of the particular sequence of base pairs of dna that constitutes a gene; for examples, the genes that code for blue or brown iris pigment are different alleles of a particular gene. Targeted mutation: a (cid:373)utated ge(cid:374)e (cid:894)also (cid:272)alled a (cid:862)k(cid:374)o(cid:272)kout ge(cid:374)e(cid:863)(cid:895) produ(cid:272)ed i(cid:374) the la(cid:271)oratory a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)serted i(cid:374)to the chromosomes of mice; fails to produce a functional protein.
