pegasusprime Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 hi excuse me what is a sticky gene ? my teacher tell me it isnt a sticky end or a transposon i search on some genetics books but i cant find anything normally they talk about sticky ends and transposons so i dont know the same on internet please help me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadn737 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 A "sticky gene"? Your teacher is full of nonsense sounds like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arete Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 The only context I've ever heard the term is in genetic sequences with "sticky ends". Following incision using a restriction enzyme, a sequence can have uneven sequence at the end. Other than that - no idea what your teacher was referring to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharonY Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Never heard of it either. Do you have more context in which the term was used? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegasusprime Posted June 17, 2014 Author Share Posted June 17, 2014 according to her it a cause of genetic diseases Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadn737 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 There are lots of causes of genetic disease and this makes no sense. Either you have misunderstood her or she has no clue what she is talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegasusprime Posted June 17, 2014 Author Share Posted June 17, 2014 (edited) i have already ask him about it i ask if she was talking about sticky ends or , transposons even translocation but she tell that it wasnt that it has to do with bad luck families and no disjunction they cause some sickness like down turner Klinefelter it is a numéric alteration of the cromosomes Edited June 17, 2014 by pegasusprime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharonY Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Does not make much sense. Could it be translation error (assuming that English may not be the first language?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegasusprime Posted June 17, 2014 Author Share Posted June 17, 2014 (edited) maybe but she tell me the name is sticky genes that cause that sickness , and that it isnt tranposon , sticky ends or a chrmosomal translocation i have search but i couldnt find anything Edited June 17, 2014 by pegasusprime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadn737 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Then she is wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Down's and Klinefelter are both due to an extra copy of a chromosome (aneuploidy). Turner's is caused by a missing chromosome. I can't see any context in which the word "sticky" makes sense. What is her first language? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegasusprime Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 (edited) http://i.imagefra.me/09ajsx9vit s the original document she give me it said that some aneuploides are caused by sticky genes they made disjunction difficult and they tend to be on many menbers of the family Edited June 18, 2014 by pegasusprime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadn737 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 http://i.imagefra.me/09ajsx9vit s the original document she give me it said that some aneuploides are caused by sticky genes they made disjunction difficult and they tend to be on many menbers of the family I can't read spanish, but I think this is simply a mistranslation or confusion over an analogy. Non-disjunction, i.e. the failure for disjunction to occur during cell division is when two sister chromatids fail to separate. They are "sticky" in the sense that the two chromosomes remain attached when they are supposed to separate. However, there is no "sticky gene" or "sticky genes". There can be multiple causes for non-disjunction to occur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegasusprime Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 the problem is that i asked her twice so i dont know what to think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 (edited) http://i.imagefra.me/09ajsx9vit s the original document she give me it said that some aneuploides are caused by sticky genes they made disjunction difficult and they tend to be on many menbers of the family A quick translation of part the text ... errors in meiosis ... due possibly to the presence of sticky genes which favour the phenomenon of non-disjunction and when they repeat in different members of the same family constitute the medical concept known as “bad luck families” which can, for example, have a baby with Down syndrome ... Edited June 18, 2014 by Strange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegasusprime Posted June 19, 2014 Author Share Posted June 19, 2014 so know one have an idea of what she is reffering to ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 I think you just have to accept that sometimes teachers are wrong. If they wont accept it, then all you can do is ignore it and move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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