Comparing the colchicine-treated cell and the untreated cell, what general type of chromosomal  mutation did colchicine induce?

Q: an human is born with 45 chromosomes, what type of mutation occurred within this individual?

A: Human beings have 22 pairs of autosomal chromosomes and 1 pair of sexual chromosomes. Autosomes…

Q: Explain the following terms: Non-histone Chromosomal (NHC) proteins, euchromatin &…

A: Chromatin is a complex of DNA and protein found in eukaryotic cells. The primary function of…

Q: Six months pregnant, an expectant mother had a routineultrasound that showed that the limbs of the…

A: Achondroplasia is an abnormality related to bone growth that includes obstruction in the formation…

Q: Why are knockout mice called that?

A: Introduction There are several ways by which the expression of any gene can be silenced or stopped.…

Q: What is the difference between a germline mutation and a somatic mutation?

A: A mutation is a biological process occurring in the Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequence due to…

Q: why The chromatids formed byrecombination within the inversion loop of a pericentric…

A: When the region between two breaks of the same chromosome rotate 180°, it results in chromosomal…

Q: “In an organism that reproduces asexually, there is no difference between a somatic cell mutation…

A: Somatic mutations These refers to the mutations in a single body cell, which cannot be inherited.…

Q: What are non-histone chromosomal proteins?

A: In the nucleus of each cell in higher organisms, the DNA molecule is packaged into thread-like…

Q: Melanoma, 45| Colon cancer, 40 Sarcoma, 45 Breast cancer, 32 Lung cancer, 53 Stomach cancer, 50…

A: A pedigree is a hereditary representation of family tree by displaying in the form of diagrams which…

Q: Which one cannot be a reason for chromosome disjunction anomaly?

A: Disjunction anomaly  When the chromosomes of a cell unable to separate and each daughter cells got…

Q: The pedigree here shows the inheritance of a human disease knownas familial hypercholesterolemia.…

A: Pedigree analysis can be described as the record of a special genetical character or a disorder for…

Q: n which condition does guanine-cytosine content inhibit the formation of right-handed DNA?

A: The guanine–cytosine content (or G+C content) is the percentage of nucleotides in a DNA or RNA…

Q: Six months pregnant, an expectant mother had a routineultrasound that showed that the limbs of the…

A: In genetics, achondroplasia is defined as the rare type of genetic disorder related to the growth of…

Q: How to identify all the somatic mutationswithin tumors ?

A: A somatic mutation is a modification within the desoxyribonucleic acid sequence of a somatic cell of…

Q: Which are the events causing loss-of-heterozygosity in somatic cells of RB+/RB− individuals?

A: The DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the genetic material that is inherited by the progeny from the…

Q: A female patient 19 years old, whose symptoms areanemia and internal bleeding due to a massive…

A: Hello. Since your question has multiple sub-parts, we will solve first three sub-parts for you. If…

Q: What is the chromosome abnormality in cri du chat syndrome?

A: Cri-du-chat syndrome, commonly known as 5p- (5p minus) syndrome. Infants with this syndrome…

Q: Karyogram and Identification of Chromosomal Aberrations   List down five human chromosomal…

A: Karyogram A diagram or photograph of the chromosomes of  cell, arranged in homologous pairs and in a…

Q: What characteristics of the pedigree suggest that pancreatic cancer in this family is inherited as…

A: Introduction  Pedigree Analysis: This is the new approach to study the inheritance pattern in the…

Q: What mutagen causes thymine dimers, and why does it kill cells?

A: A mutation occurs/happens when the sequence/structure of DNA changes. Mutations can occur/happens as…

Q: What are chromatin remodeling complexes?

A: Deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA is a double helix nucleic acid structure that carries the genetic…

Q: Who was Mitochondrial Eve?

A: According to Abrahamic religion we come across theory of The Adam & The Eve who are 1st man…

Q: Give an alternative form of CpG methylation, given clear handwritten explaination!

A: DNA methylation is known to be one of the major epigenetic marks. The cytosines that are methylated…

Q: What is 18th chromosome abnormality?

A: The chromosomes are the thread like structure that contains hereditary information in the form of…

Q: given the photos below, what general type of chromosomal mutation did colchicine induce ? 1st photo-…

A: Colchicine induce polyploidy. Colchicine prevent the microtubule formation during cell division…

Q: cell is deficient of Sgol, how would this affect the chromosome movement during Hosis I and II?…

A: Meiosis is a type of cell division that occurs at the time of gamete formation in the sex cells. It…

Q: If a cell is deficient of REC8, how would this affect the chromosome movement during mitosis and…

A: REC8 is a very important component of meiosis specifically the prophase  It forms the pro phase…

Q: The maternal-effect mutation bicoid (bcd) is recessive. Inthe absence of the bicoid protein product,…

A: Introduction: Bicoid (Bcd) protein is a product of the bicoid gene having a maternal effect and is…

Q: CdLS is usually caused by new mutation in oneparent’s gamete. Why?

A: The changes in the sequence of nucleotides are called mutations. The agents that cause mutations are…

Q: >chromosomal…

A: Codons are trinucleotide sequence that codes for specific amino acids and there are totals of 64…

Q: What mutagen results to the formation of thymine dimers?

A: Asked : Mutagen which results to the formation of thymine dimers

Q: determining coat color is the agouti gene?

A: The coloration, pattern, and length of the cat fur is governed by numerous genes and is determined…

Q: Part A What is the probability that the first son of a woman whose brother has Lesch-Nyhan syndrome…

A: Lesch Nyhan syndrome is X linked recessive disorder. Normal = XX, XXn, XY Affected = XnXn, XnY

Q: Tay–Sachs disease is caused by loss-of-function mutations ina gene on chromosome 15 that encodes a…

A: Tay–Sachs disease can be defined as a hereditary condition that causes nerve cells present in the…

Q: If a cell is deficient of Shugoshin (sgo1), how would this affect the chromosome dynamic during…

A: Introduction Chromosomes are thread-like structures found within the nucleus of both animal and…

Q: The following chromosomal aberration is found in nearly 90-95% of all patients who have chronic…

A: In chronic myelogenous leukemia, BCR and ABL genes in close proximity on chromosome -22 BCR (present…

Q: Describe the exact DNA mutation that has occured, to create the mutant dystrophin allele.

A: Complex of dystrophin and glycoprotein (DGC). Dystrophin is a rod-shaped protein that binds the…

Q: What is the significance of the Philadelphia chromosome, and how is it related to leukemia?

A: Chromosomes are the structures present in the nucleus that appear thread like and contain genes.…

Q: True or false If epigenetic marks were irreversible, it would be impossible to clone an animal from…

A: The epigenome of a cell is the complete collection of epigenetic marks such as DNA methylation ,…

Q: Down syndrome individuals carry an extra chromosome _________ in their cells.

A: Genes are the units (physical and functional) of heredity, made up of DNA or deoxyribonucleic. They…

Q: What genotype would a long haired guinea pig have?

A: A genotype is set of heritable genes which can be passed from parents to offsprings.Genotype is the…

Q: What is the Characteristic pedigree for mitochondrial disease?

A: The genes located on the nuclear chromosomes obey the Mendelian law of inheritance. In the human…

Q: why do cells that lack cell cycle control exhibit karyotypes that look physically different than…

A: In cell number of sequentially, events occur for duplication of the cell. During the cell cycle DNA…

Q: What the genetic disease talk about? What cause of the genetic disease?

A: Genetic disease means the disease that is caused by a mutation in the genome and these mutations are…

Q: "A deletion of a portion of a chromosome need not be very great before the effects become severe".…

A: The genetic material of a cell is a nucleic acid. Most of the organism has DNA as the genetic…

Q: X chromosome inactivation in a diploid XX female is not completely inactivated, explain?

A: Introduction  X chromosome inactivation: it is also referred as Lyonization. In this there is…

Q: What are three similarities and three differences between Germline mutations and Somatic mutations?

A: A mutation refers to the alteration in the sequence of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). It can be a…

Q: why there were two crossovers needed on one chromatid arm?

A: Crossing over is a process that occurs between homologous chromosomes for the increment of…

Q: From what DNA template strand was each of the following hnRNA base sequences transcribed?

A: hn RNA (heterogenous RNA ) in eukaryote transcribed from the DNA and it complementary of DNA…

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.