What makes X inactivation an epigenetic phenotype?

Q: Name the component that is not affected /changes in epigenetic

A: The term 'epi' in the term epigenetics means "in addition to". So, epigenetics involves the study of…

Q: In general, explain how epigenetic modifications are an important mechanism for developmental…

A: Phenotypic changes  that are influenced by environmental factors instead of genetic changes are…

Q: List and briefly describe five types of molecular mechanisms thatmay underlie epigenetic gene…

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

Q: What is one factor that can change the epigenetic regulation of genes?

A: Epigenetic processes can regulate gene expression by modulating the frequency, rate, or extent of…

Q: http://www.letsgethealthy.org/students/games/epigenetics-game/ (Links to an external site.)   For…

A: Genetics is the branch of biology that studies how traits, characteristics, and hereditary…

Q: What is the difference between silencing genes by imprintingand silencing by epigenetic…

A: Genomic imprinting is a process of silencing genes by the process of DNA methylation. The…

Q: Why does X inactivation occur in female mammals?

A: A Chromosome is an entire chain of Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) with stabilizing proteins. The DNA is…

Q: describe the 4 types of suppressors inducer, repressor, promoter, and operator.

A: In genetics, a silencer is a DNA sequence capable of binding transcription regulation factors,…

Q: Activation of p53 during cellular stress will generally Select one: o a. Increase transcription of…

A: P553 is a tumor suppressor gene.

Q: Although each cell in your body contains the same set of genes, the genes that are “turned on”…

A: Genes are the sequence of nucleotide found on our DNA which is capable of undergoing transciption…

Q: What is the key difference between cis- and trans-epigenetic mechanisms for maintaining an…

A: Epigenetics is the branch of genetics that studies heritable traits that are not influenced by the…

Q: Why does X inactivation occur in female mammals?

A: Causes of X inactivation: X-chromosome inactivation usually define through the term that they are…

Q: What is epigenetics and what are the three major epigenetic modification mechanisms?​

A: Epigenetics is the investigation of heritable changes in gene expression which don't include changes…

Q: What are the main epigenetics mechanisms

A: Epigenetics is branch of science which determine how gene expression is reshaped without changing…

Q: How is an epigenetic change different from a mutation?

A: Epigenetics can be defined as the study of heritable changes that usually occur in gene expression…

Q: Some people have said that epigenetics provides genes with a memory. Explain how epigenetics allows…

A: There are many epigenetic mechanisms independent of genetic mechanisms that regulate gene expression…

Q: What does a suppressor mutation suppress? What is the differencebetween an intragenic and an…

A: Mutation, an alteration in the genetic material of a cell of a living organism or of a virus that is…

Q: What types of histone modifications are responsible for epigenetic phenotypes?

A: Histones are the set of positively charged proteins. Histones are responsible for providing…

Q: Why is it advantageous for p53 to be activated by factorssuch as ER stress, UV light, and hypoxia…

A: The p53 is known as tumor protein formed from the TP53 gene. The protein acts as a tumor suppressor…

Q: What are the three kinds of epigenetic mechanisms?

A: Epigenetic mechanisms form a layer of control within a cell that regulates gene expression and…

Q: What are some of the potential consequences of failure of signal termination?

A: Cell signaling also known as bio signaling that is very important process to under the transit of…

Q: what is the definition of epigenome

A: Epigenetics is the study of how modifications to DNA and histones influence gene expression.…

Q: How do draw the sequence in this question? Draw the sequence of molecular events that occurs to…

A: STAT (signal transducer and activator of transcription) protein family are transcription factors…

Q: Why is DNA methylation considered an epigenetic phenomenon?

A: Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a biomolecule found in nearly all living organisms. The structure of…

Q: What is a CpG island? Where would you expect one to be located? How does the methylation of CpG…

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

Q: Distinguish between cis- and trans-epigenetic mechanismsthat maintain epigenetic changes.

A: Epigenetics is the study of heritable changes in gene expression (active versus inactive genes) that…

Q: epigenetic inheritance.

A: The genes are formed by the Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) of an organism. These genes code all of the…

Q: Is paramutation a cis- or a trans-epigenetic mechanism?

A: In epigenetic, paramutation is a phenomenon in which the expression of gene changes and that…

Q: Give the examples of epigenetic modifications ?

A: Genetic changes are the ones that are regulated by genes.

Q: Is RNA silencing an environmentally-induced epigenetic change? Explain.

A: The regulation of gene expression via alterations to DNA, RNA, or histone proteins is known as…

Q: Can Epigenetic effects be inherited ?

A: Epigenetics  Is the study of how your behaviours & environment can affect the way your genes…

Q: What condition must be fulfilled in order for histone modification to be considered an epigenetic…

A: Histone modification is a post-transcriptional modification

Q: How the epigenetic states are transmitted via mitosis and meiosis ?

A: Epigenetics is the study of how people's activities and the environment can influence how genes…

Q: . Null alleles (mutant genes) produce no protein product. This is a genetic change. However,…

A: Introduction Epigenetics is the study of how your behaviour and environment can influence how your…