Is blood type an example of pleiotropy?

Q: A woman with type O blood has a son with type A. What are ALL the possible genotype(s) a possible…

A: ABO blood group determines the type of blood group a person has. Persons may have type A, type B,…

Q: Which gene  is inherited from the mother only?

A: Cell division is a process of a parent cell replicating it chromosomal content and dividing itself…

Q: Give the genotypes of each of the following blood types: A, B, O, AB. What happens when a person…

A: A gene is a stretch of nucleotides present in the DNA. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid is a polymer of…

Q: How do the multiple alleles of an allelic series arise?

A: A gene is a unit of genetic material present within the DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). Each gene…

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

A: Blood group of an individual can be determined by presence/ absence of antigens on RBC surface while…

Q: What is an example of a lethal allele?

A: Alleles that cause an organism to die are called lethal alleles. The genes which result in viability…

Q: Calculate the probability of producing an Aabb individualfrom an AaBb × AaBb cross.

A: Alleles are the form of  genes which comes in pair, one from each parent. This combination of allele…

Q: Explain the phenomenon of pleiotropy.

A: Genetics is a branch of biology that deals with genes, heredity, and variation. Heredity purely…

Q: What is meant by multiple allelic traits

A: Gene is the basic unit of genetic material DNA. Gene contains hereditary information and information…

Q: A man with blood type O marries a woman with blood type A. If their first child has blood type O,…

A: Human blood type is determined by codominant alleles. There are three different alleles, known as…

Q: Explain how ABO blood types are an example of multipleallele inheritance.

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

Q: Can you have a child with O blood type if the parents are A and B blood types?

A: Ans. There are traits that are controlled by three or more distinct forms of alleles (genes) in…

Q: A man with blood type B marries a woman with blood type A. They have four children with blood types…

A: There are three types of allele present in human population which are denoted by IA, IB and IO.…

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: How is Down syndrome caused?

A: Human genetic disorders are caused due to the absence or excess or abnormal arrangement of one or…

Q: What is most likely the woman's genotype?

A: The human blood group system is classified based on the ABO blood group system. Thi is mainly done…

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: Given that the individual has a dominant phenotype, is it possible to determine its genotype?

A: The allele combinations of a gene present in an organism determine the genotype and phenotype. The…

Q: In a family, the mother has type A blood, the daughter has type O blood, and the son has type B…

A: ABO blood group shows a codominance pattern. It means that neither of the alleles A or B is…

Q: If the blood type of a person is O, does the person possess multiple alleles? Explain

A: Blood type in humans is broadly classified into four categories A, B, O, and AB depending on the…

Q: If a woman has blood type A and a man has blood type O, what are the possible blood types of their…

A: Blood type refers to the whole-blood system that is classified based on the red blood cell antigens…

Q: how is blood type used to identify the father of a child and can their be mutation that changes…

A: Despite the fact that blood group studies  can't be utilized to demonstrate paternity, they can give…

Q: What is a down syndrome?

A: Humans are diploid organisms,i.e., humans will have two copies for each chromosome in the cells. One…

Q: What is sickle cell anemia? What is the true inheritance pattern? How did scientists discover the…

A: ▪︎Sickle cell anemia is a disease in which the body produces abnormally shaped red blood cells that…

Q: Which genotype illustrates codominance of alleles that control blood type in humans?

A: An allele is the variant form of a gene occupying the same loci on a chromosome. An individual…

Q: Explain the concept of mendal's law of inheritence?

A: Gregor Mendel conducted experiments on pea plant (Pisum sativum) demonstrating the inheritance of…

Q: What is an individual with a heterozygous genotype?

A: The genotype is a collection of genes and controls the genetic features of an organism.

Q: What is the chance that a man with type AB blood and a woman with type A blood whose mother is type…

A: The human blood type is determined by co-dominant alleles. An allele is one of several different…

Q: If a man with type O blood has a child with a woman who has type AB blood, what are the possible…

A: Blood type is determined by the presence or absence of certain antigens (proteins) on the surface of…

Q: a couple has two children. one has o blood and other has type B.what are the most likely genotype of…

A: A blood group is a classification of blood, based on the presence and absence of antibodies and…

Q: For an individual expressing the dominant phenotype, explain why you must list two possible…

A: Dominant phenotypes are observable traits or characteristics that are expressed when an individual…

Q: If you cross a female carrier of color blindness with a normal male, what are the chances of having…

A: Genes are the functional unit of inheritance. They are the sequence of nucleotides that are present…

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…

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.