Is blood type an example of pleiotropy?

Q: For the below mating, what proportion of offspring will be blood type A? H/h; A/i* H/h; A/i A) 1/4…

A: Introduction  The classification of blood based on the presence or absence of antibodies and…

Q: What is an example of heterozygous genotype?

A: Genotype, the genetic makeup of an individual determines their physical characteristics and their…

Q: Which gene  is inherited from the father only?

A: A gene is a stretch of nucleotides present in the DNA molecule. It encodes information for the…

Q: Hemophilia is a sex-linked trait. If you have a man with hemophilia (Genotype XhY) and a female…

A: Hemophilia is a sex linked recessive disorder. It is a disorder that impairs the body's ability to…

Q: Hemophilia is a sex-linked trait. A person with hemophilia is lacking certain proteins that are…

A: a) The genotype of parents :- Male parent-  Xn Y Female parent - XN Xn   b) The probability that a…

Q: Anastasia was the youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas II of Russia. She had no known children, and…

A: Haemophilia is a sex-linked recessive disorder. The abnormal gene responsible for haemophilia is…

Q: If a girl has blood type O, what could be the genotypes and corresponding phenotypes of her parents?

A: The blood group of people is determined from the genes, which are inherited from their parents. A,…

Q: In a cross between fair skin, black hair (heterozygous for all these traits) with brown skin, red…

A: The genes are found on different chromosomes, occasionally far apart, but on the same chromosome,…

Q: Four children have the following blood types: A, B, AB, and O. Could these children have the same…

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Q: What is a reciprocal cross?

A: A genetic cross is the process of mating of two individuals which describes the comparison of their…

Q: What are the odds of the person with sickle cell anemia disorder passing it on to their children if…

A: Sir Gregor Mendel was a priest and a teacher who did the famous hybridization experiment on garden…

Q: A heterozygous woman with Type-A blood, and a man with Type-O blood, have a child. What are the odds…

A: All people and numerous different primates can be composed for the ABO blood group. There are four…

Q: If a girl has blood type B and her mother has blood type A, what genotype(s) and corresponding…

A: Blood group is determined by the type of antigen present on the RBC. If antigen A is present then…

Q: What is polygenic inheritance?

A: Sometimes a single phenotypic trait is the controlled by many genes together. Each gene can…

Q: A woman with type A blood marries a man with type O blood. They have six children, all of whom have…

A: In diploid organisms there is place for fitting of two alleles even through there are 3 or 4 alleles…

Q: Two parents with blood types A and O have a child who has type O blood. What is the probability that…

A: The above question is about the blood grouping system. Blood grouping is based on multiple allelism…

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.