Describe how a gene family is produced. Discuss the common and unique features of the members of the globin gene family.What topic in genetics does this question address?

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Q: Give one example of a genotype and its corresponding phenotype from a human

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Q: What phenotype is expressed from the genetic trait hemophilia?

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Q: What is the genetic premises

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Q: What is the difference between a gene tree and anorganismal tree?

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Q: Which are the principle that appears to have been built into the genome structure of all…

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Q: Is there a significance in studying the gene structure? Why or why not?

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Q: What is meant by a gene interaction? How can a gene interactionbe explained at the molecular level?

A: Genes come in pairs and are responsible for the inheritance and expression of the associated…

Q: At the molecular level, what causes incomplete penetrance? Answer in terms of protein function at a…

A: Incomplete penetrance occurs when in a heterozygote, a dominant allele does not express its trait in…

Q: A 30 - year - old woman was undergoing therapy for b-thalassemia,a recessive trait caused by absence…

A: Bone marrow or HSC (hematopoietic stem cells) transplantation is a procedure during which healthy…

Q: Describe how a gene family is produced. Discuss the common and unique features of the members of the…

A: A gene family is a set of various similar genes. Genes of a gene family are classified into the…

Q: In recent years, the country of Zambia in Africa has had increasing cases of malaria.  If 9% of the…

A: In the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, the allele frequency and the genotype frequency of the…

Q: what advantage is there to having one copy of the sickle cell gene and one copy of the normal gene

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Q: Alpha thalassemia is a hereditary blood condition that results in varying levels of anemia. It is…

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Q: Explain the following diagram. It refers to a pedigree on the disease called phenylketonuria.…

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Q: What is the chromosome theory of heredity? Why was it important?

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Q: A human gene called the β-globin gene encodes a polypeptide that functions as a subunit of the…

A: A.    Both the genes HbA and HbS are same at the molecular level except at the 6th position which…

Q: List five reasons why genetic maps are useful?

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Q: List the three major classes of segmentation genes and outline the function of each.

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Q: Using the question in the image below, identify the locations of each mutation in strains 1, 2, and…

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Q: Determine the correspondence of the gene X and gene Y to the mutant gene causing Trp-phenotype

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Q: How long is the COI gene?

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Q: What characteristics are exhibited by a cytoplasmically inherited trait?

A: Inheritance is the process of transmission of genetic traits from one generation to the next.

Q: How are alleles of particular gene differ from each other?explain its significance?

A: The gene is the basic physical and functional unit of heredity. It consists of a specific sequence…

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

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Q: which various triplet groupings of the four letters of the DNA and RNA alphabets encode the 20…

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Q: Hemophilia , Beta Thalassemia , and Sickle Cell Disease what do all of these disorders have in…

A: A mutation is a change in the sequence of the DNA. Mutations can result from the following: DNA…

Q: Distinguish between a synonymous and nonsynonymous base change.

A: Synonymous mutations are point mutations.i.e. they are just a miscopied DNA nucleotide that only…

Q: What is the evidence that gene duplication has been thesource of the α and β gene families for…

A: Multiple genes in the gnathostome α-globin gene clusters are derived from a common ancestral gene…

Q: What is the globin gene family?  Why is gene duplication within globin genes beneficial?

A: The gene duplication is also called as gene amplification or chromosomal duplication. The gene…

Q: hat are split genes? Describe.

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Q: How many genes are contained in each band ?

A: A gene is a fundamental element of heredity that encodes the creation of a gene product, such as RNA…

Q: fine mecA gene.

A: Gram-positive bacterial acquire resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics through the assembly of a…

Q: What is an example of a gene family?

A: A gene can be defined as a functional portion of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) that encodes the…

Q: A 30 - year - old woman was undergoing therapy for b-thalassemia,a recessive trait caused by absence…

A: Introduction: Beta thalassemia is an autosomal recessive inherited from abnormal genes of parent. In…

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: Define homology, and explain why the BLAST program is used.

A: Evolution through descent is a common feature among all organisms. This descent happens with some…

Q: What are some general conclusions from human genomic studies regarding the number of genes present…

A: Genes are the units of heredity that are transmitted through generations. Genes contain the genetic…

Q: Illustrate the set of primers specific for the gene of interest ?

A: Gene specific primers bind to the DNA inside the cell, while vector specific primers attach to the…

Q: Determine which statements could be used as evidence to support the argument that "DNA influences…

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Q: Gen

A: Chromosomes are thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of cell. Each chromosome is made…

Q: Contrast the contributions of Pauling and Ingram to our understanding of the genetic basis for…

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Q: Explain the process of determining the Gene Sequence ?

A: DNA sequencing can be outlined as the phenomenon which is used for determining the sequence of the…

Q: What is Gene family nomenclature?

A: Gene family plays a vital role in the evolution process and diversity of multicellular organism and…

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.