Define a mutation. Are they good or bad?    What types of mutations can occur in the DNA?    What can cause a mutation?    Can mutation be “fixed”?    What are the requirements for normal cell division?    What are the requirements for cancer cells to divide and grow?    Define the difference between a benign tumor, a malignant tumor, and metastatic cancer

Q: What is the difference between saying that cancer is inherited and saying that the predisposition to…

A: A hereditary inclination or hereditary weakness to malignant growth implies that an individual has…

Q: During a routine check-up, a woman is informed by her doctor that she has developed a skin tumor.…

A: *Benign tumors stay in their location without invading other sites of the body. *They do not spread…

Q: explain what mutations are and how they occur?

A: Cell is the basic structural and functional unit of life. It is very essential to maintain…

Q: Define the term Mutation?

A: Introduction  DNA is composed of the nucleotides arranged in a specific sequence. DNA is composed of…

Q: side from cancer, what are other diseases and abnormalities in living organisms?

A: Disease is a condition in which there is suffering not only physically but also mentally. A disease…

Q: List the functions of mutation?

A: Mutations can be defined as the change in the nucleotide sequence of the original genome. It can be…

Q: What are Two kinds of cancer-producing mutations?

A: Cancer is defined as any one of a large number of diseases characterized by the development of…

Q: In cancer like disease, what kind of mutations are more focussed? Single Nucleotide Polymorphism or…

A: Introduction  Cancer is well known disease now a day. In US, 1 in 2 women and 1 in 3 men develops…

Q: What differentiates a benign tumor from a malignant tumor?

A: Step 1 Normal cells remain adhered to one another. They have a definite life span. As some old cell…

Q: Types of Mutations?

A: Introduction  Mutation: any changes in the sequence in the genetic material which leads to disorders…

Q: How might a mutation in the DNA result in the formation of cancer ?

A: The mutation is any change or alteration in the nucleotide sequence of the DNA. The mutation of a…

Q: b. How is the DNA information used to make proteins for ongoing cellular processes and cellular…

A: Introduction DNA is the molecular structure that is composed of a pair of polynucleotide chains and…

Q: describe the different types of mutations?

A: Genetic material is nothing but the sequence of nucleic acids which is called as DNA. It contains…

Q: Distinguish between an inherited and a de novo mutation.

A: DNA ( deoxyribonucleic acid) is the genetic material that the organism inherits from the parental…

Q: Describe Deleterious mutations?

A: Alteration in the nucleotides is known as the mutation. These changes can occur due to both, genetic…

Q: Describe Genetic mutation , causes of genetic mutation ,effects of genetic mutation and the…

A: To synthesize protein molecules, a cell must first transfer information from DNA to mRNA through the…

Q: What is inheritable mutation?

A: A mutation is a sudden change in the sequence of DNA.

Q: explain the difference between benign and malignant tumors?

A: Tumors are unwanted and extra growth of cells.

Q: Explain what a mutation is and how it can cause a genetic disease.

A: Every cell after a certain growth and development it divides. Cell division occurs follwed by…

Q: What is the relationship between genetic mutations and cancer?

A: Mutation is defined as change in nucleotides nitrogenous base.

Q: Which statement regarding DNA methylation and gene expression is FALSE?

A: The first option which states that none of the given options are correct (that says all the given…

Q: Explain about Gene Mutations and Cancer ?

A: A gene is a unit of hereditary present in thousands of numbers on the helical strands of…

Q: What is the difference between a benign and a malignant tumor?

A: The abnormal and uncontrolled division of cells leads to the formation of an undifferentiated mass…

Q: Which mutation is lethal?

A: The mutation is the change that occurs in the DNA sequences due to environmental factors or by…

Q: What genes are involved in cancer?

A: Genes Involved In Cancer --- Genes  and Their Characteristics -- Genes are made up of pieces of DNA…

Q: What are the requirements for normal cell division? What are the requirements for cancer cells…

A: Mutation is defined as an erroneous change within the gene sequence of an organism that leads to a…

Q: How do normal cells protect themselves from accumulating mutations in genes that could lead to…

A: Studies reveal that the p53 protein instructs cells to under-go apoptosis when mutations in the DNA…

Q: What triggers mutation?

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Q: (a) How does the duplication of individual genes occur? (b) individual that inherit a genetic…

A: Mutation in the DNA can change our genetic material that can causes changes in our phenotype as…

Q: Which three effects of a mutation may have upon a cell?

A: The abrupt changes in the DNA sequence that may or may not change the sequence of a protein are…

Q: What separates cancer cells from normal cells?

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Q: True or False: Cancers develop when many mutations develop rather than from a single mutation

A: Cancer is a genetic disease. It’s not a single disease, rather it is two or more hundreds of…

Q: How do you go for DNA to protein? What are the steps in that process? Using Cystic Fibrosis, how…

A: All proteins in our body is synthesised by a process of gene expression from previously laid codes…

Q: What types of evidence indicate that cancer arises from genetic changes?

A: Cancer is a disorder in which abnormal cells divide irrepressibly and destroy the tissues of the…

Q: What is a tumor suppressor? What is an oncogene?

A: Cancer is a diseased condition where the cells show abnormal growth and proliferation. The cancerous…

Q: What characterizes a cancer cell?

A: Introduction Loss of control over regulated mechanisms like division, differentiation, and apoptosis…

Q: Describe Beneficial mutations?

A: Mutation is an abrupt change in the DNA sequence and nucleotide base pairs.  Mutation is caused by…

Q: How can mutations in noncoding segments of DNA contribute to the development of cancers?

A: The functions segment of hereditary material that mainly codes for the proteins is a gene. The…

Q: Which are the Genetic Basis of Cancers?

A: Cancer is a disease related to abnormal growth of cells where the cells have the potential to spread…

Q: Does The Effects of a Mutation Can Be Difficult to Predict?

A: A mutation is a change that occurs in the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) when it is damaged or changed…

Q: How is cancer different from most other types of genetic diseases?

A: Cancer is the abnormal growth and multiplication of normal cells. Cancer cell divide rapidly. Cancer…

Q: how can mutations in several genes drive cancer?

A: Ans: Mutation: The change in the nucleotide sequence base level (single base) is referred to as…

Q: Explain the convoluted causes of cancer ?

A: Cancer types can be classified based on the type of cell they originated from. It can be melanoma,…