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Q: Fusion of Gametes Adds Further Genetic Variability to the Offspring

A: Genetics is a study of genes, heredity, and genetic variation in an organism. Living organisms…

Q: In 1-3 sentences each define the follwing terms:  genetic linkage, crossing over, X-inactivation,…

A: The study of the heredity, variations is known as Genetics. The genetics that is related to the…

Q: How many chromosomes are found in a single cell during Metaphase II of Meiosis II

A: Meiosis is a type of cell division in which the parent cell divides twice into four daughter cells…

Q: Using your knowledge of meiosis, explain why Drosophila progeny remain diploid? (2n=8)

A: The indirect process of cell division in which the chromosomes of parent cells divide once but…

Q: sex determination is based on the inheritance of alleles at one or more loci, in the absence of…

A: In genetics, sex determination is a term used to determine the sexual development of an organism by…

Q: and heterozygous progeny at a ratio of 1:1. True False

A: Homozygous genotypes could either be dominant or recessive where as heterozygous genotype is always…

Q: Contrast changes in chromosome number, genetic variability,and number of daughter cells between…

A: The cell is the basic structural and functional unit of life. It carries out various functions in…

Q: Explain how Mendelssohn laws are related to meiosis

A: Gregor Mendel was a nineteenth century Moravian priest who showed that the inheritance of genes…

Q: If you observed a dicentric bridge at meiosis, what rearrangement would you predict had taken p

A: To observe: To observe the type of rearrangement if a dicentric bridge at meiosis have occurred.

Q: Nondisjunction a phenomenon that is more serious when taking place at meiosis one that meiosis two,…

A: Nondisjunction refers to failure of separation of chromosomes (in meiosis I) or chromatids (in…

Q: Suppose that a diploid cell contains 10 chromosomes (2N = 10). How many different combinations of…

A: A diploid cell is a cell that contains two set of chromosomes, one from maternal and other from…

Q: In a diploid species where 2n=26 a nondisjunction event occurs during meiosis II in one chromosome.…

A: When a sexually reproducing creature divides its cells into gametes, a genetic event known as…

Q: Describe the key events of meiosis that explainMendel’s first and second laws.

A: Meiosis is a process of cell division in which a single cell is divided twice to produce four cells…

Q: A fern has the genotype aaBbCCDdee. List all possible gametes this organism can produce.

A: Genotype refers to the genetic arrangement of the organism. They are of two types- homozygous and…

Q: How many unique gametes could be produced by independent assortment during meiosis if an individual…

A: Mendel’s law of segregation states that the alleles for each trait separate or segregate during…

Q: Understanding x - linked dominant/ recessive inheritance patters

A: X-linked inheritance is specifically a sex linked inheritance where the trait inheritance within the…

Q: What would happen if two monohybridindividuals reproduced?

A: A monohybrid cross is a genetic combination of two individuals with homozygous genotypes, or…

Q: why Inversion loops form in inversionheterozygotes

A: Chromosome contains DNA which is a genetic material of an organism. The inversion is a condition in…

Q: Explain why the daughter cells produced by meiosis NEED to be genetically different from each other,…

A: All the events occur during cell division through which a cell divides into two daughter cells is…

Q: Explain single-gene inheritance ratios interms of chromosome behavior at meiosis.

A: Genetics is a part of science worried about the investigation of genes, genetic variety, and…

Q: The cells produced at the end of Meiosis are not genetically identical. Why is this important?

A: Cell division is an important process that helps to keep the cells growing in number. This enables…

Q: Recognize and explain the relationship between Mendel’s laws and meiosis.

A: Gregor mendel was the one that who laid the base of genetics.

Q: 2 events that happen in meiosis that do not happen in mitosis and explain what happens during these…

A: In this question we have to describe about cell division . See full answer in step 2.

Q: Match the stage of meiosis to it's description.

A: Meiosis : It is a type of cell division in which a diploid mother cell divides into four genetically…

Q: Explain why the genetic material in an offspring produced by sexual reproduction contains DNA that…

A: We know genetic makeup of individual is given by chromosomal DNA. Each individual has their own…

Q: List 3 important events that occur during meiosis and provide a justification why each should happen…

A: Major steps of Meiosis: - Prophase: - Prophase consists of condensation of complex DNA and proteins…

Q: Could nondisjunction occur during mitosis? Compare and contrast the likely consequence of…

A: Mitosis is an equational division where identical daughter cells are  produced having the same…

Q: How crossovers between linked genesgenerate different tetrads

A: In some fungi and single-celled algae, the group of four cells produced after a single round of…

Q: how many sex chromosomes are in a human gamete? A-five B- four C- one  D- two  E- three

A: Chromosomes are present inside the cell nucleus and made up of DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) molecules…

Q: Explain why there are two divisions in meiosis and whythe DNA is not replicated between meiosis I…

A: Meiosis occurs to form haploid (n) sex gametes by two cell divisions (Meiosis I (4n---->2n + 2n)…

Q: Dogs have 78 chromosomes in their somatic cells. How many chromosomes are in their gametes?

A: Somatic cells are the body cells that are not the reproductive ones that is sperm and egg cells.…

Q: A condition where the number of chromosomes is beyond diploid is referred to as

A: Diploid condition refers to having two sets of genetic material or choromomes. It occurs usually in…

Q: Illustrate how a married couple could have a child with XYY and XXY. Illustrate clearly in which…

A: XYY syndrome refers to Jacob's syndrome that is also a genetic disorder caused due to the presence…

Q: If cells with the genotype SsYyRr undergo meiosis, how many types of gametes will be produced?…

A: Genotype refers to the actual genetic makeup of the cell, which determines the visible phenotype of…

Q: Illustrate how a married couple could have a child with XYY and XXY. Illustrate clearly in  which…

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Q: Genetic diversity is generated during meiosis. State the two processes by which recombination of…

A: Genetic recombination occurs through the following processes during meiosis I

Q: Name the phenomena that occur when homologous chromosomes do not separate during meiosis.

A: Meiosis is the type of cell division that occurs exclusively in gametes and results in the…

Q: due to an idenpendent assortment what is the posible genetic make up of gametes produced by the…

A: The law of independent assortment was given by Mendel and it is the third law of genetics. It states…

Q: There are two processes in meiosis that contribute to genetic variation.  Name each process.…

A: Meiosis is a process in which a single cell divides twice to generate four cells with half the…

Q: explain the Formation of a triploid organism

A: Chromosomes are carrier of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). DNA is the genetic material. Each species…

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.