Can this trait be passed to offspring?

Q: Are the alleles of a genenecessarily originated onefrom the father and the otherfrom the mother? Are…

A: Allele is the one or more versions of a gene. It is variant of a gene. It can refer to the different…

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: 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: What are the recessive gene traits that can be inherited?

A: Recessive gene traits that can be inherited are:- 1)straight hair 2)Blonde or red hair 3)Hitch…

Q: What is pedigree analysis?

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

Q: Using the pedigree information, what is the most likely form of inheritance? III IV V O autosomal…

A: Inheritance is the interaction by which genetic information is given from parent to kid. This is the…

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 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: Could a woman with the X-linked color-blind trait have a son without colorblindness? Use a Punnett…

A: The mechanism of the transfer of genetic material from parent to an infant is the process of…

Q: by what age a person with trisomy 16 can survive?

A: due to nondisjunction of chromosomes in maternal meiosis I stage, there are high chances of more…

Q: What occurs during crossing over?

A: Cell division is a process by which a cell divides into two or more daughter cells. cell division…

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: How do we obtain two copies of each gene?

A: The fundamental unit of heredity is known to be as a gene. They are made of DNA and are found on…

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: 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: For sex-linked recessive traits, only females can be “carriers”, like how both Diana and Olivia are…

A: Hemophilia is defined as a rare bleeding disorder which is also known as sex-linked recessive…

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: 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: 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: 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: Do Grandchildren always have the same gene combinations that their grandparents had?

A: Inheritance is a mechanism in which one generation acquires the property of its previous generation.…

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 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: 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: Color blindness is caused by an X-linked recessive allele that is rare in humans. Suppose two…

A: Color blindness is an X linked recessive disease meaning mutation in two of the X chromosomes would…

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: Explain inheritence of one gene?

A: Mendel performs the experiment on the pea plants by cultivating and observing them under different…

Q: What is the law of dominance?

A: Law of dominance is one of three laws given by mendel to comprehend the exchange of qualities from…

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.