Explain why aneuploidy usually has a detrimental effect on phenotype?

Q: What is chromosomal theory of inheritance? List the ways in which genes and chromosomes behave…

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Q: Females heterozygous for the recessive second chromosome mutations px, sp, and cn are mated to a…

A: Females heterozygous for the recessive second chromosome mutations px, sp, and cn are mated to a…

Q: Explain the causes of familial Down syndrome.  How does it differ from Down syndrome due to…

A: Down syndrome is a disorder in which individuals have an extra copy of chromosome 21 instead of two…

Q: Describe how meiotic and mitotic nondisjunction occur and identify their possible phenotypic…

A: Nondisjunction is the process of failure of sister chromatids or homologous chromosomes to separate…

Q: How is the process of meiosis responsible for variation among species? What mechanisms are involved…

A: Meiosis is a type of reductional division in which a diploid parent cell divides to form four…

Q: List the three principal mechanisms that generate new genetic combinations in meiosis.

A: The cell goes through cell cycle, which is a sequence of cell growth and duplication by the…

Q: Draw a Punnett square for the dihybrid cross. There are two known alleles of gene occupying a…

A: Dihybrid cross involves two genes in a cross. That's why the two traits are involved in this cross.

Q: Explain the random nature of chromosome segregation in gameteformation, and its significance in…

A: Sexual reproduction offers much more chances of variation than sexual reproduction. It is studied…

Q: In some genetically engineered corn plants, a Bt gene was inserted into a chromosome. The Bt gene…

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Q: non-disjunction and explain if it matters if it happens during meiosis I or meiosis II.

A: Meiosis is a type of cell division (CD) where four gametes or daughter cells are produced as a…

Q: Discuss the following sets of terms: a) trisomy and triploidy, b) aneuploidy and polyploidy.

A: In human cells normal number of chromosomes is 46.Abnormality in this number results in syndromes or…

Q: Heterozygotes are often healthy individuals because these mutations do not impact the dosages of any…

A: An inversion is a chromosome rearrangement in which a segment of a chromosome is reversed end to…

Q: Why are people with balanced chromosomal translocations phenotypically normal? Do they suffer from…

A: Chromosomal translocations are genomic events in which either a part or the entire chromosome breaks…

Q: In 1965 a faulty study was performed, which suggested that the XYY karyotype was associated with…

A: XYY karyotype - Males with XYY syndrome have 47 chromosomes because of the extra Y chromosome. This…

Q: Which of the following is false? Group of answer choices With a pericentric inversion, there is no…

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Q: What is inversion heterozygote?

A: Inversion is a chromosomal rearrangement when a segment of chromosome breaks and then rejoins in…

Q: In organisms with the ZZ-ZW sex-determining system, from which of the following possibilities can a…

A: The Sex-determination system helps to determine sexual characteristics in an organism. Sex…

Q: List four major types of aneuploidy.

A: Chromosomes are thread-like structures situated inside the nucleus of plant and animal cells.…

Q: Compare epistasis and pleiotropy

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Q: The coefficient of relatedness between a mother and daughter in a diploid system is: The coefficient…

A: Coefficient of Relatedness in a Diploid System: In a diploid system (like humans), each individual…

Q: What is crossing over and where does it occur in meiosis? Why is crossing over important for…

A: When a mother cell divides into two or more daughter cells, a parent cell has undergone the process…

Q: Why do individuals with an excessive number of sex chromosomes often show minimum phenotypes?

A: Introduction :- The X and Y chromosomes are found in humans and most other mammals. Males have both…

Q: The figure below shows the relative positions of three genes on a pair of homologous chromosomes.…

A: Answer :- Option E is correct , I and II First sentence is correct because, According to the law of…

Q: identify two main themes underlying the phenomena of chromosomal changes?

A: Chromosome is a compact structure of a DNA molecule wrapped around some proteins. It is generally…

Inheritance and Mendelian Genetics

Inheritance means the passing of traits to offspring from parents. These traits could be passed either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction. The offspring receives the genetic material from the parents. Mendelian inheritance is a certain biological inheritance that follows the rules and principles laid down by Gregor Mendel in 1865. The initial hypothesis was considered wrong, but other inheritance theories modified the concept of inheritance and thus genetics.