Question 1
Much has been learned about the relationship between genes and gene products through the use of the mold
Neurospora. What specific attributes make
Neurospora a good organism for such studies?
Question 2
Nutritional mutants in
Neurospora can be "cured" by treating the medium with substances in the defective metabolic pathway. What determines whether the mutant strain (auxotroph) is "cured" by a particular substance?