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Straight from the book. Give all possible genotypes of a lac operon that produce

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Question

Straight from the book. Give all possible genotypes of a lac operon that produces ?-galactosidase and permease under the following conditions.
Do not give partial diploid genotypes.

Lactose absent             Lactose present
?-Galactosidase     Permease ?-Galactosidase Permease
a. ?                         ?                                            +                   +
b. ?                         ?                                            ?                   +
c. +                         +                                            +                   +

Explanation / Answer

LACTOSE ABSENT                                                              LACTOSE PRESENT

a) Y- Z- OR Y+Z-OR Y+Z+                                                 a) Y+Z+

b) Y-Z- OR Y+Z- OR Y+Z+                                                 b) Y+Z- OR Y+Z+

c) Y+Z+                                                                          c) Y+Z+

Z-galactosidase

Y-permease