What is Polygenic Inheritance? A) When one gene has many effects

Q: Curley hair is due to a dominant allele and while straight hair is due to a recessive allele in…

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Q: What are polygenic diseases?

A: Most human diseases are a polygenic disease.

Q: Which of the following statements is true regarding the inheritance of a human X-linked recessive…

A: A recessive trait is the trait that expresses only when present in 2 copies i.e expresses only when…

Q: A cross between a horse homozygous for red hair and a horse homozygous for white hair results in…

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Q: 3. STATEMENT: Color-blindness is due to a sex-linked recessive gene. A colorblind man marries a…

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Q: 12) What are all the possible allele combinations a parent who is heterozygous dominant for both…

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Q: For a recessive condition, two normal heterozygous individuals have children. What is the…

A: Suppose the allele affected in the condition is a.Normal:- AA Carrier:- Aa Diseased:- aa When Aa X…

Q: Identify the specific mode of inheritance. 1.) Mae is affected with the disease phenylketonuria…

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Q: Females with Rr genotype are affected, males with rY are affected, females with rr or RR are…

A: Introduction :  Depending on the genes involved, lethal genes can have a dominant, recessive, or…

Q: Recessive alleles may be expressed in a child if they are inherited ... (Choose all that apply)…

A: X-linked Recessive diseases are those genetic diseases that are caused by the mutation of genes on…

Q: Analyze a cross and identify non-Mendelian pattern of inheritance in non-allelic genes (normal…

A: Answer : a) recessive epistasis Recessive epistasis is a condition in which the expression of first…

Q: What are polytypic genes?

A: Genes are defined as the building blocks and the coded information that defines the complete physico…

Q: a) What is the genotype for the woman, man and each of their parents? b) This couple unexpectedly is…

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Q: n which of the following cases a person can be heterozygous for a particular trait , and expresses…

A: Genetics is a branch of biology, which focuses on the study of genes, genetic variations, and…

Q: What is the difference in the studied skin color gene between dark skinned and light skinned people?

A: Human skin color can range from the darkest brown to the lightest hues. Differences in skin color…

Q: In a woman who is a carrier of a mutant OTC deficiency allele, her sons who receive the mutant…

A: An alteration in the ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) gene results in the genetic disorder known as…

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

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Q: What is Prenatal genetic diagnosis ?

A: Prenatal diagnosis involves non-invasive and invasive techniques. The non-invasive technique…

Q: 1) Suppose thatt everyone in your family (bloodline) has attached earlobes. Do you know with…

A: An organism has phenotype and genotype. Phenotype is the observable characteristics and genotype is…

Q: The gene for polydactyly (P) is autosomal and dominant to normal fingers (p). Hemophilia is…

A: Genes are specific regions in the DNA that code for specific proteins. The genetic instructions…

Q: Genetic Markers are___Portions of a ___whose inheritance patterns can be followed A) unidentifiable,…

A: Genetic markers can be described as DNA sequences whose positions on chromosomes are predefined.…

Q: Having dimples (D) is dominant over not having dimples (d). A dimpled woman (whose father had no…

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Q: A case when a recessive allele would be expressed even when only one copy is present would be___ a…

A: Inheritance patterns are of different type’s   Mendelian inheritance, incomplete dominance,…

Q: Write true if the statement is correct. Right false if the statement is not correct. If the…

A: The new Science of genetics was first propounded by Gregor Johan Mendel in the year 1866. He is Said…

Q: A particular person is said to be a carrier of a genetic trait. What does this tell you about their…

A: BASIC INFORMATION USED IN GENETICS HETEROZYGOUS - Every gene has two characters one being the…

Q: What is extranuclear inheritance? Describe three examples

A: DNA is the genetic material found in all prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. DNA is double stranded…

Q: Suppose that a grandfather, mother, and son all have the same homozygous dominant genotype for a…

A: Non-mendelian inheritance is the type of inheritance in which the complex genetic basis is…

Q: Recessive genetic disorders are more frequent than disorders inherited as dominant because : a)…

A: Recessive genetic disorders are genetic conditions which can cause disease in an individual only…

Q: Suppose a man with color blindness, an X-linked recessive trait, has children with a woman who is a…

A: The alleles are generally of dominant and recessive type and some other forms like codominant and…

Q: Explain the central dogma of inheritance. Cite a specific example

A: Introduction: The hereditary substance in humans and almost all other animals is DNA, or…

Q: Based on the testing outcome, give your opinion on whether you think Cystic Fibrosis is a dominant…

A: Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease in which CFTR gene is  mutated. This gene codes a protein…

Q: Suppose that a grandfather, mother, and son all have the same homozygous dominant genotype for a…

A: Non-mendelian inheritance is a type of inheritance in which inheritance is not based on Mendel laws.…

Q: 12. The spindle checkpoint ensures that all chromosomes are attached to the mitotic spindle. If this…

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Q: What is genetic disorders? Explain by giving an example.

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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.