How long can you live with Trisomy 18?

Q: A woman develops Huntington's disease and already has 3 children. What is the chance that the mother…

A: Huntington’s disease or Huntington's chorea is a muscular and mental disorder. There is a gradual…

Q: How many types of trisomy are there?

A: Trisomy is the presence of one extra copy of a chromosome in the genome. It is mostly caused by the…

Q: What is the percentage chance that individual V.2 , will have inherited the X-linked recessive…

A: X-linked recessive diseases are the diseases which  are passsed from the female carrier to males. So…

Q: The allele for baldness is on the X chromosome only. Can any sons obtain theallele for baldness from…

A: A critical baldness gene is found on the X chromosomes. This suggests that the probability of…

Q: by what age a person with trisomy 16 can survive?

A: due to nondisjunction of chromosomes in maternal meiosis I stage, there are high chances of more…

Q: Why do you think there are more types of trisomy disorders than monosomy disorders?

A: When you have an extra copy of a chromosome, trisomy diseases develop. When one copy of a chromosome…

Q: Wilson's disease is an inherited disorder in which there is too much copper in the body's tissue. It…

A: Given  Wilson's disease is a autosomal recessive disease.  It will only occurs if gene are…

Q: Are any of them X-linked recessive or X-linked dominant?

A: In X-linked dominant inheritances, one affected X allele is enough to form the trait in both male…

Q: explain Partial trisomy 18.

A: Chromosomes are defined as the thread-like structures that carry genetic information. In humans, 23…

Q: explain Mosaic trisomy 18

A: Trisomy is a kind of aneuploidy that means an abnormal number of chromosomes. The cells of sexually…

Q: how is it possible for a person who inherited XY gene to have female phenotype?

A: There are 46 chromosomes in each cell of the human body. The sex chromosomes, X and Y, are two of…

Q: Can a trisomic A/A/a ever produce a gamete of genotype a?

A: Gamete- these are the cells that are capable of producing a new organism. These are the haploid…

Q: Which one of the following phenotypes is passed from mother to all her male and female children? O…

A: In cytoplasmic inheritance, genes are passed from one generation to another which are located on…

Q: what is the probability that a couple (both heterozygous for the same recessive mutation) will have…

A: “Homozygous defect” takes place If the type of “deleterious mutation” is the same in both copies of…

Q: A man affected with HoHomania and a woman affected with HoHomania mate and have an unaffected son.…

A: Genes are the basis of genetic inheritance and they store genetic information passed on from the…

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.