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Q: Given the karyotype shown at right, is this a male or a female? Normal or abnormal? What would the…

A: A set of chromosome of individual or species is called Karyotype. Human Karyotype concists of 23…

Q: 1. What are the most probable genotypes of individuals II-9 and II-10 2. If individuals II-1 and…

A: The pedigree shown in the question above has a pattern of inheritance for an uncommon human disease.…

Q: Huntington disease is a rare dominant disorder that causes neurodegeneration later in life. In a…

A: Huntington's disease is. also known as Huntington's chorea.  It is a rare and progressive…

Q: A common kind of red-green blindness in humans is caused by the presence of a sex-linked recessive…

A: A recessive sex-linked disease is a genetic disorder caused by a recessive allele located on the sex…

Q: PKU is an inherited disease caused by a recessive allele. If a woman and her husband, who are both…

A: Alleles are the alternative forms of a gene that are located on the same locus of a homologous…

Q: what is the genotype of the family's pedigree on each generation

A: The family pedigree chart represents the family members and relationships using standardized…

Q: In a multigenerational study of a family, 8% of the males and 8% of the females have red hair. What…

A: answer is  A. Autosomal inheritance

Q: Could the pedigree in Figure 2-31 be explained as an autosomal dominant disorder? Explain.

A: The genetic and phenotypic traits being passed from one generation to the other are called…

Q: This is a typical pedigree for a family that carries neurofibromatosis. Is individual I-2 most…

A: Pedigree analysis can help to determine genotypes, identify phenotypes, and predict how a trait will…

Q: dominance effect of alleles at the R locus. a) How many different gametes are possible in the…

A: Trihybrid cross  The cross involve 3 pairs of contrasting traits of three characters is called…

Q: Shown below is a pedigree for Phenylketonuria (PKU), an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder. The…

A: Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an autosomal recessive disorder.  Autosomal recessive trait…

Q: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a sex- linked, recessive disease in which a mutation in the…

A: Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a muscular disorder that is typically inherited by the boys.…

Q: What is the most likely mode of inheritance for this pedigree?

A: The mode of Inheritance is the manner in which a genetic trait or disorder is passed from one…

Q: In pedigrees, individuals are usually specified by using a Roman numeral for their generation in the…

A: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited disorder that causes severe damage to the lungs, digestive…

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A: A pedigree chart is a diagram that gives an idea of the occurrence and appearance of phenotypes of a…

Q: What is the mode of inheritance shown in this pedigree?

A: Inheritance is the process of passing or traits from the parents to the offspring  Factor affecting…

Q: genotype of EB27 and EB67 are unknown. Based on pedigree, what are the most likely genotype of each…

A: Genes determine the characters i.e., our genetic makeup determines the physical characters of an…

Q: What is the approximate percentage chance that individual V.2, shown in the pedigree diagrams above…

A: A recessive attribute is one that may be detected within the relationship between 2 variants of a…

Q: In humans, the allele for red-green color blindness is X-linked and recessive. An XY man with normal…

A: Color blindness is an X-linked, recessive genetic disorder that hampers the ability of a person to…

Q: Below is a pedigree of a human genetic disease in which solid color indicates affected individuals.…

A: In the given pedigree, atleast one member in all generations have the disease. Therefore,…

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A: Given: A pedigree. The specific mode of inheritance shown in the given pedigree =?

Q: From the pedigree in Figure 3-25, what principle can youdeduce about the inheritance of…

A: Answer : The pedigree shown shows a X linked recessive pattern of inheritance.

Q: *Cystic fibrosis is a rare autosomal recessive condition. A phenotypically normal man whose father…

A: Mendel proposed three laws based on his research. His research provided a picture of the independent…

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A: A pedigree is a pictorial representation of Inheritance of a trait across generations in a family.

Q: Which of the pedigrees shown above could be one showing the inheritance of a non-lethal…

A: A pedigree is a pictorial representation of inheritance of a trait across generations in a family.

Q: Why are the types of offspring described in part Fig1(a) more numerous than those described in Fig…

A: Inheritance is the process of transmitting the traits from parent to offspring. Traits of an…

Q: The family below has the autosomal dominant trait of dimples.  In this family, I-1 and I-2 are known…

A: Homozygous dominant is represented by both capital letters such as TT for tall. Heterozygous…

Q: The accompanying pedigree shows a family in which one child (II-1) has an autosomal recessive…

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Q: Is the Down syndrome inherited through Mendelian patters? If not how it is inherited?

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Q: What is the mode of inheritance of this pedigree and why?

A: Pedigree is the diagrmatic representation of the individual in the family with respect to a…

Q: What is the Characteristic pedigree for mitochondrial disease?

A: The genes located on the nuclear chromosomes obey the Mendelian law of inheritance. In the human…

Q: In humans, there are four typical modes of inheritance for Mendelian diseases: autosomal recessive,…

A: Autosomal inheritance of a disease means that the mutation is present on one of the autosomes.…

Q: In humans, albinism (lack of skin pigment) is an autosomal recessive trait. The first child of two…

A: The inheritance of the affected traits from parents to offsprings that are expressed when both the…

Q: 2. Genetic disorders of mitochondria are transmitted from_maternal inheritance female offsprings to…

A: Introduction :- A pedigree is a genetic representation of a family tree that depicts the…

Q: i) What is the most likely mode of inheritance for this pedigree? ii) State the genotypes of…

A: In order to study a Pedigree the first and foremost thing which is required is to know the pattern…

Q: Using the pedigree chart, explain: a) The number of generations seen. b) If all blue-coloured shapes…

A: Introduction A pedigree chart is a diagram that shows the inheritance of a particular trait or…

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.