Fathers contribute more new point mutations to theirchildren than mothers. You may know from general biology that people have sex chromosomes—two X chromosomes in females and an X plus a Y chromosome inmales. Both sexes have the autosomes (A’s).a. On which type of chromosome (A, X, or Y) wouldyou expect the genes to have the greatest number ofnew mutations per base pair over many generations ina population? Why?b. On which type of chromosome would you expect theleast number of new mutations per base pair? Why?c. Can you calculate the expected number of newmutations per base pair for a gene on the X and Ychromosomes for every one new mutation in a geneon an autosome if the mutation rate in males is twicethat in females?
Fathers contribute more new point mutations to their
children than mothers. You may know from general biology that people have sex chromosomes—two X chromosomes in females and an X plus a Y chromosome in
males. Both sexes have the autosomes (A’s).
a. On which type of chromosome (A, X, or Y) would
you expect the genes to have the greatest number of
new mutations per base pair over many generations in
a population? Why?
b. On which type of chromosome would you expect the
least number of new mutations per base pair? Why?
c. Can you calculate the expected number of new
mutations per base pair for a gene on the X and Y
chromosomes for every one new mutation in a gene
on an autosome if the mutation rate in males is twice
that in females?
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