Explain Disease-Causing Mutations Are Hidden in a Sea of Variation

Q: mutations

A: Change in a DNA sequence and change in a phenotype or genotype of an organism is called mutation.

Q: Distinguish between mutation and horizontal gene transfer.

A: Bacteria can react to selective pressures and acclimate to new surroundings by gaining new inherited…

Q: Describe in detail three spontaneous lesions that can lead to mutations. Give examples.

A: Three spontaneous lesions are depurination, deamination, and transversions. 1. Depurination occurs…

Q: Explain Deleterious mutations?

A: Mutations are the alterations in the genetic sequence which eventually results in the genetic…

Q: A person treated successfully by gene therapy will still have a defective copy of the gene. Explain…

A: Genes are the basic unit of heredity. The study of heredity is called Genetics. The father of…

Q: Explain the difference between the mutation rate for a given nucleotide and the mutation rate for a…

A: The mutation rate is the frequency by which new mutations occur in a gene or in a complete organism.…

Q: Summarize the causes of gene mutations

A: The mutation occurs when there is a change in the nucleic acid sequence. These mutations could be…

Q: Explain how an organism uses gene expression to create a phenotype from a genotype.

A: The term 'Genotype' & 'Phenotype' are commonly used in the discipline of Genetics. Genetics is…

Q: Define mutations and explain their causes and categories.

A: The genome is made up of one to several long DNA molecules, and mutations can occur on these…

Q: how mutations can be avoided or prevented

A: Mutations are the change in the genetic sequence of the individual due to external factors. If these…

Q: explain how mutagens can cause mutations and the impact mutations have on protein synthesis and…

A: A mutation is a change in our DNA sequence that arises as a consequence of errors during DNA…

Q: Distinguish between gene replacement and gene addition.

A: A gene represents the fundamental physical and functional unit of heredity. It is the term used to…

Q: Define mutation rate.

A: Mutation is the sudden change in the structure and number of gene or chromosome or both. There are…

Q: Explain how mutations cause variation in genes.

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

Q: Outline the processes of exon shuffling and horizontal gene transfer, and explain how they produce…

A: DNA of higher organisms possesses two regions namely introns and exons. Introns are the unexpressed…

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: Compare and contrast mutations and polymorphisms. Be specific and provide examples.

A: A mutagen is a chemical or physical agent that has the potential to do harm to our genetic code. A…

Q: Review the information about mutations. Which do you think would be more likely to have an effect on…

A: A mutation could be a variety in our DNA arrangement that happens as a result of blunders amid DNA…

Q: Summarize the causes and types of mutations and their effects.

A: Mutations are changes that occurs in the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequence, either due to…

Q: Give examples of mutations that can have global effects on gene expression

A: The building blocks of DNA are called bases. The sequence of the bases determines the gene and its…

Q: Explain the concept of tissue-specificity of evolution of mutation rate.

A: In genetics, the mutation rate is the frequency of new mutations in a single gene or organism over…

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Q: EXPLAIN Gene function: Easy to disrupt, hard to restore

A: A gene is a sequence of DNA nucleotides that encodes a particular protein or RNA molecule. It is the…

Q: Explain what is meant by the terms mutation and mutant.

A: The human body is made up of the complex level of the genome organization. The change in the level…

Q: Explain why harmful mutations tend to disappear, while beneficial mutations become widespread.

A: When the nucleotides sequences in the genome of an organism are altered or changed due to mistakes…

Q: ssary or can we live without it?  Support your answer. make an essay type answer and examples

A: The branch of biology which deals with the study of heredity and evolution is known as the genetics.…

Q: explain how genetic mutations are used to develop new breeds of animals and new varieties of plants.

A: The topic is related to transgenic technology.

Q: Compare beneficial and detrimental effects of mutations.

A: Mutation is defined as sudden inheritable change that occurs in the DNA sequence. It may be…

Q: Compare silent mutations, missense mutations,nonsense mutations, and frameshift mutations in termsof…

A: A mutation is a change that occurs in the DNA sequence. Mutations in the amino acid–encoding region…

Q: Explain what it means to say that mutations are random.

A: Mutations usually take place when there is some change in DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid). The change…

Q: Choose the best explanation for how a mutation affects an organism. The DNA stays the same, but the…

A: The biochemical molecule that is built up with “two polynucleotide chains” is called…

Q: Give the information about DNA mutation types from SNP to large structural variation.

A: Hugo de Vries was the first one to coin the term “mutation.” It is studied under the domain of…

Q: To determine: The reason due to which scientists think that new genes arise by the duplication of an…

A: The basic structure and functional unit of heredity is the gene. Diversity allows genes to evolve…

Q: Describe Beneficial mutations?

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

Q: give a working definition of the gene and explain whynew discoveries in genetics have changed our…

A: The term genetic refers to the DNA content present in the nucleus of cells. DNA is a polymer of…

Q: DEscribe the term disease genes

A: Genetic is a branch of science that deals with genes, DNA, alleles, genetic variation, heredity, and…

Q: Point mutations are found in three subclasses: nonsense mutations, missense mutations, and silent…

A: DNA replication is a high-fidelity process in general. At times, random errors occur, and these…

Q: Using an example, explain why some mutations are not harmful.

A: Some mutations are beneficial to the organism in which they occur. Beneficial mutations are what…

Q: Explain how cells or organisms undergo mutation

A: In biology, the term which is used to define the fundamnetal smallest unit that can live on its own…

Q: single gene mutation

A: Introduction : Variations (or mutations) in the DNA sequence of a particular gene are what's…

Q: Compare benefi cial and detrimental eff ects of mutations.

A: Introduction: DNA, the genetic macromolecule, is highly stable in terms of base makeup and…

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.