Why is artificial selection or selective breeding considered a form of genetic engineering?

Q: frequency or decrease in frequency over time? Mutation that is harmful: Mutation that is…

A: Answer Mutation is a change in nucleotide sequence which results in different phenotype.  If…

Q: What is the purpose of genetic engineering?

A: Genetic engineering refers to the process of addition, deletion, and manipulation of genetic…

Q: How does a reverse genetic approach differ from a forward genetic approach?

A: Both forward and reverse genetics approaches are used to analyze the gene function. Forward genetics…

Q: Which type of mutation doesnt affect the ability of an organism to pass on its alleles to the next…

A: Neutral mutation doesnt affect the ability of an organism to pass on its alleles to the next…

Q: Genetic engineering utilized to create food sources has been said to be both like and unlike…

A: People all over the world have been altering plant and animal genomes for many different years using…

Q: Archibald Garrod was an English physician who first proposed that genes encode enzymes. Like the…

A: Archibald Garrod’s main contribution is considered as his scientific theory of metabolic inborn…

Q: There are many applications of cloning technology. List the applications that you think are most…

A: Cloning is the procedure of producing identical genes by using different methods. There are many…

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.