Can this trait be passed to offspring?

Q: Types of Dominance?

A: An allele is a variant form of a given gene. It means, it is one of two or more versions of a known…

Q: Which of the eight parents are definitely heterozygous for Type O Allele?

A: ABO blood grouping is a type of multiple allelism. The different type of alleles are -  Type A (IA)…

Q: Do the symbols A and a have anything to do with dominance and recessiveness?

A: The genotype for a particular trait is usually represented by a letter, the capital letter (first…

Q: e identical twins not 100% the sa

A: Twins can be either monozygotic or dizygotic. Monozygotic twins develop from the same zygote, which…

Q: Explain why Y-linked traits are passed only from fathers tosons.

A: Y chromosome in male contains SRY gene that is responsible for the development of male genitalia and…

Q: What is pedigree analysis?

A: There are several methods to study human genetics such as pedigree analysis, population genetics…

Q: What are twins?Genetically what are the twotypes of twins that can begenerated?

A: Pregnancy is also termed as gestation during which one or more offspring develop in the uterus of a…

Q: Let’s suppose a genetic disease is caused by a mutantallele. If two affected parents produce an…

A: Genetic disease is defined as an inherited medical condition or state caused by an abnormality in…

Q: If children obtain half their genes from one parent andhalf from the other parent, why aren’t…

A: Genetics is a branch of biology that is concerned with the study of Nucleic acids (Ribonucleic acid…

Q: How do the multiple alleles of an allelic series arise?

A: A gene is a unit of genetic material present within the DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). Each gene…

Q: What are inheritence of two genes?

A: Genes are basic units of inheritance. Gene is  a specific sequence of DNA which encodes specific…

Q: What is the gene that goes with a trait called?

A: A gene is the basic physical unit and functional unit of heredity. Theses are made up of DNA. Some…

Q: A cat is born with two X chromosomes and one Y chromosome. One of the X chromosomes carries the…

A: The fur color of the cats are generally controlled by genes present on the X-chromosome. One form of…

Q: Which are the two kinds of biological abnormalities that could conceivably be inherited ?

A: Biological abnormalities refer to any condition of the body that alters from the normal parameter;…

Q: how do the offspring then end up with two copies of these same genes, one from each parent?

A: Reproduction is the process that ensures the continuity of species on earth. It is the main feature…

Q: What observation in a pedigree suggests a dominantpattern of inheritance?

A: Sir Gregor Mendel was a priest and a teacher who did the famous hybridization experiment on garden…

Q: Where do new alleles come from?

A: Answer- Alleles are the varients of a gene. They are present on the same locus of the chromosome and…

Q: Who has stronger genes mother or father?

A: A gene is a short stretch of nucleotides present on a chromosome or DNA molecule, that codes for the…

Q: Do you know what cross leads to the production of the mule?

A: Cross Hybridisation It is the result of interbreeding between two animals or plants of different…

Q: How does meiosis explain the first law of Mendel?

A: The process in which the single cell divides twice in order to produce four cells consisting half…

Q: If a man has an X-linked recessive disease, can his sons inherit that disease from him? Why or why…

A: The X-linked recessive disease is caused by a mutation in X chromosomes. X and Y are two sex…

Q: What are genes with more than one common allele?

A: Genes are the basic structural and functional unit of heredity. They carry coded genetic information…

Q: How the Chromosome Theory of Inheritance Explains Mendel’s Laws?

A: Gregor Mendel was the scientist who worked in the field of molecular biology and genetics. These…

Q: Why is a baby elephant considered an expensive offspring?

A: A survivorship curve is the graphical representation of the number of individual of particular…

Q: What is the relationship of the gene to the trait?

A: Gene is a unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring which determine some…

Q: In chickens, cock feathering is an autosomal recessive trait that is limited to males. Is it…

A: The alleles are different variations of a gene that is inherited from the parents by the progeny.…

Q: When are two genes considered linked?

A: Genetic linkage describes the process in which two genes that are located close to each other on a…

Q: Will a cross breeding between a dog and an cat is possible? explain

A: Breeding is defined as sexual reproduction occurring between two organisms of the opposite sex of…

Q: What reveals units of inheritance and the law of segregation?

A: Genetics is the branch of biology which deals with genes, heredity, and genome in the organism.…

Q: Difference between inheritense of one gene and inheritence of two gene?

A: INHERITANCE - we all poses some similarities with our parents because we inherit some of their…

Q: A man and a woman are both carriers for cystic fibrosis (an autosomal recessive allele).  Neither of…

A: Introduction Cystic fibrosis is a life-threatening genetic disease that affects the lungs and…

Q: A plant with red flowers is crossed with a plant with white flowers and the resulting offspring have…

A: Introduction :- There are different types of inheritance pattern that we study about in the Genetic…

Q: Who had proposed the chromosomal theory of the inheritance?

A: Inheritance is the basic principle of genetics that explains how the characteristics are passed from…

Q: What is a trait is intermediate of parents?

A: According to Mendelian inheritance, a single character is controlled by one or more genes where each…

Q: How can genetic heterogeneity affect inheritance patterns?

A: Inheritance is a mechanism in which traits of the parents transfer into the offspring of the next…

Q: Why are lethal dominant genes much more rare than lethal recessive genes?

A: Lethal genes when inherited by the organism causes the organism to perish. The lethality can be…

Mitochondrial Mutations

A mitochondrion is a cellular organelle that serves as the site for cellular respiration and energy production (ATP or Adenosine Triphosphate). It is a double-membrane-bound organelle and is only present in eukaryotic cells.