What would happen to the frequency of heterozygous carriers of sickle-cell anemia (with AS genotype) if mosquitoes were completely wiped out in a large region?

Q: By using a diagram illustrate the condition that leads to Kinefelter syndrome,44 + XXY.

A: Klinefelter's syndrome is a genetic condition in which a male is born with one extra extra…

Q: What is an allele is lethal only under certain conditions?

A: Lethal alleles as the term suggests are the death-causing alleles and occur due to mutation.  The…

Q: Describe an individual with the karyotype shown

A: A karyotype is defined as a collection of an individual’s chromosomes. It is also defined as an…

Q: Eosinophilic (31 %) 10 (11 %) Neutrophilic (29 %) Highly Atopic :(25 %) (4 %) FIG 1. Asthma sputum…

A: Background Stratification by the eosinophil and the neutrophil counts increases one's understanding…

Q: provide an example of a clinical scenario where a Type A patient has wild type A alleles at the ABO…

A: The ABO blood grouping is controlled by an 'i' gene. This gene has two alleles iA and iB. Both these…

Q: Which Hox gene cluster is illustrated in the figure below?

A: Drosophila belongs to order Diptera, the order having one pair of wings. Here it is showing 2 pairs…

Q: sickle cell anemia is due to a recessive allele. in a population of 1000 individuals 35 have sickle…

A: In the absence of disrupting influences, the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium states that genetic…

Q: What is the difference between sickle cell disease and sickle cell trait? Select all that apply.…

A: Genetic diseases are conditions that are passed down through families and are caused by changes or…

Q: Explain why the relative location of two genes on a chromosomecan affect the way their alleles are…

A: The law of segregation aids in the prediction of a single characteristic associated with an…

Q: What is an example of a lethal allele?

A: Alleles that cause an organism to die are called lethal alleles. The genes which result in viability…

Q: Daichi Yamada, 65 years old, immigrated to California to live with his son after the Fukushima…

A: CML ( chronic myelogenous leukemia) is a blood cancer caused by mutation. The reasons behind…

Q: If Mendelian inheritance was occurring, what would be the expected numbers of children in this…

A: Introduction: The transmission of traits from one generation to the next is the main topic of…

Q: Anastasia was the youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas II of Russia. She had no known children, and…

A: Haemophilia is a sex-linked recessive disorder. The abnormal gene responsible for haemophilia is…

Q: Explain the High frequency of the sickle-cell allele HbβS in regions of Africa where malaria is…

A: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is caused by a point mutation in the β-hemoglobin gene (HBBglu6val)…

Q: In Question 10p of Chapter 4, the genotype of parents of litters with the following phenotypes was…

A: The genotype of parents of litters are Bbdd and bbDd. The phenotypes of the litters are 4 brown (4…

Q: Why doesn't sickle cell anemia "prove" the existence of biological race?

A: *sickle cell Anaemia is a inherited blood disorder  *This disease produce abnormal haemoglobin  in…

Q: Identify each of the following as an example of allele, genotype, and/or phenotype frequency: A.…

A: Allele frequency is defined as the number of individual alleles of a certain type divided by the…

Q: Would migration occur change in allelic and genotypic proportions? How so?

A: INTRODUCTION Genes are DNA segments that define certain features or attributes. Genes code for…

Q: Using this pedigree which shows a genetiic transmit disease, what's the most likely mode of…

A: The Mendelian inheritance is a biological inheritance and is in accordance with the principles…

Q: Mention Mendelian laws and how they fit in with sickle cell anaemia Are there any advantages to…

A: Introduction :- Sickle cell anaemia is an inherited red blood cell condition in which the body's…

Q: A child has a blood type of “B positive”.  This child is known to be a heterozygote at the ABO blood…

A: ABO blood group is an example of multiple alleles as there are more than two alleles are present for…

Q: What is the most common genotype of those, in the above family, who have died from malaria?  A.)…

A: Pedigree chart: In terms of genetics, a pedigree is a diagram showing the way a trait or medical…

Q: Which of the following mutations is only found in Haplogroup F? O T16223C O G16230A O T16304C O…

A: A mutation is any sudden change in the genetic sequence of organisms. This can occur due to many…

Q: In mice, the Y locus controls coat color, and the Y allele (yellow) is dominant to y (non-yellow).…

A: In multicellular and other eukaryotic organisms, the genetic makeup of the organism consists of 2…

Q: In a region of Africa, where malaria is prevalent, 40% of the population are found to have…

A: The objective of the question is to calculate the relative fitness of the S1S1 homozygotes in a…

Q: Some individuals in a canine population is susceptible to disease X, which strikes the adults. The…

A: Mutation–selection balance is an equilibrium within the variety of harmful alleles during a…

Q: What is the significance of this?

A: Sickle-cell anemia is a condition of the body in which the red blood cells change their shape from…

Q: a) What percent of the above population have cystic fibrosis (cc or q')? b) Calculate the allelic…

A: The Hardy Weinberg law is used to calculate the variation in genetic. It is calculated with the…

Q: humans, Rh-positive individuals have the Rh antigen on their red blood cells, while Rh-negative…

A: According to Hardy Weinberg equation p2 + q2 + 2pq =1 and p + q=1 Where, p= frequency of the…

Q: By using a diagram illustrate the condition that lead to Turner's syndrome,44 + XO.

A: Chromosonal aberration  is a phenomenon in which one more or less numbers of Chromosome are found…

Q: In 1-3 sentences each define the following terms:  penetrance, expressivity, karyotype,

A: Chromosomes are defined as the thread-like structures present inside the nucleus of an individual's…

Q: Why has natural selection not eliminated sickle – cell anaemia?

A: Natural selection is a process of evolution in which nature naturally selects an organism that is…

Q: gan, such as a k

A: HLA stands for Human Leukocyte Antigen.HLA allele are highly polymorphic,It means they may have…