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Sickle cell anemia is a genetic disease most common in those of African ancestry that results from the mutation of a single base
pair. This mutation results in a change to the hemoglobin protein. In this experiment, “S” will represent the normal allele and “s” the
sickle allele. They are codominant alleles. Therefore, SS is normal, Ss is not fatal but mildly symptomatic, and ss is debilitating,
painful, and often fatal.
- After hundreds or even thousands of generations, both alleles are still common in those of African ancestry. How would you explain this?
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- Huntington's disease is a very rare, debilitating disease that affects approximately 1 in 10,000 people. The disease is caused by a particular type of genetic mutation (large number of CAG repeats) in a gene called huntingtin (HTT). Designate the disease-causing allele HTTP and the non-disease- causing allele HTTN. We know that individuals with genotype HTTN will not develop Huntington's Disease, but people with either HTTD/HTTP or HTTN/HTTD will develop the disease. Which allele is dominant--HTTN or HTTP? Explain your reasoning thoroughly, using the correct definition of dominance.Sickle-cell anemia is an interesting genetic disease. Normal homozygous individials (SS) have normal blood cells that are easily infected with the malarial parasite. Thus, many of these individuals become very ill from the parasite and many die. Individuals homozygous for the sickle-cell trait (ss) have red blood cells that readily collapse when deoxygenated. Although malaria cannot grow in these red blood cells, individuals often die because of this genetic defect causes deformation of red blood cells. However, individuals with the heterozygous condition (Ss) have some sickling of red blood cells, but generally not enough to cause mortality. In addition, malaria cannot survive well within these "partially defective" red blood cells. Thus, heterozygotes tend to survive better than either of the homozygous conditions. Assuming HWE, if 9% of an African population is born with a severe form of sickle-cell anemia (ss), what percentage of the population will be more resistant to malaria…Explain at the biochemical or enzymatic level, the phenotypic consequencesof alleles incase of following cross. Rr (pink flower) x Rr (pink flower) (progeny are 1 RR (red flower) :2 Rr (pink flower): 1rr(white flower) how alleles contribute to a phenotype through metabolism.
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- I have seen that this was answered as C, Why is the answer C, how is that not evidence of it being genetic? Shouldnt it be none of the above? Question: Of the following, which supports the idea that alcoholism has no genetic or a low genetic component? a) Some strains of mice select alcohol over water 75% of the time, whereas others shun alcohol. b) The concordance value is 55% for MZ twins and 28% for DZ twins. c) Biological sons of alcoholic men who have been adopted have a rate of alcoholism more like that of their adoptive fathers. d) There is a 20% to 25% risk of alcoholism in the sons of alcoholic men. e) None of these.Sickle-cell anemia is a recessive autosomal disorderthat is caused by an amino acid substitution in theβ-hemoglobin protein. The DNA mutation underlyingthis substitution is a SNP that alters a GAG codon forthe amino acid glutamate to a GTG that codes a valine.The frequency of sickle-cell anemia among AfricanAmericans is about 1/400. What is the frequency ofthis GTG codon in the β-hemoglobin gene amongAfrican Americans?A RFLP is discovered that is linked to the gene for Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy (DMD). DMD is an X-linked, recessive trait. The RFLP is 2 map units from the gene for DMD. Consider the following pedigree and Southern blot using a probe that hybridizes to the RFLP. Which band/s is/are associated with DMD? What is the genotype for individuals 3 and 4? (Remember, this is an X linked disease, so use X’s and Y’s to denote). Individual 9 married a man who does NOT have muscular dystrophy, and she is pregnant. DMD is an X-linked trait. What is the probability for their child to have DMD? An amniocentesis is performed and it is determined that 9’s child in utero has only a 10 kb band that hybridizes to the same probe used above. What can you say about the child now?
