Essay from the year 2010 in the subject Biology - Genetics / Gene Technology, grade: A4, University of Glasgow (Biology - Genetics), course: Genetics BA - Level 3, language: English, abstract: Description and designing of experiments to address the unknown function of the novel gene PUG1 in yeast (no obvious sequence homology with any known yeast gene; constantly expressed throughout cell cycle) following these questions: Q1) How would you determine the function of PUG1 in yeast?Q2) How would you identify homologous PUG1 gene(s) in one named invertebrate?Q3) How would you determine the function of PUG1 homologue(s) in this named invertebrate?Q4) How would you identify homologous PUG1 gene(s) in one named vertebrate?Q5) How would you determine the function of PUG1 homologue(s) in this named vertebrate?